A brand-new magazine called Coarse Fishing Answers has launched this month. The magazine replaces Total Coarse Fishing and takes a unique question-and-answer format. It is aimed at everyone from specimen anglers to match anglers to pleasure anglers. The first issue has a host of big-names inside, including Bob Nudd, Will… Read more
Category: Specimen
Jamie’s Pair of Specimen Ouse Perch
Northampton’s Jamie Cartwright with one of two 4lb plus specimen river Perch taken during the final weekend of the river season. Fishing the famous River Great Ouse with some mates, Jamie ended a terrific year personally by bagging first a 4lb 6oz example, then the next day a different specimen… Read more
James with a Sunny Ouse Chub on S7 rod
Thank you to James Aris from Buckingham for this photo of a River Great Ouse Chub in the Sun at the end of the season. James tells us this was the last of a string of fish caught as the river dropped back into trim for the last few days,… Read more
The Drennan Cup 2013-2014: Voting Now Open!
The final week’s Drennan Cup awards will appear in the Angling Times next Tuesday, for the season 2013-14 just ended. Voting forms have been sent out to all the past weekly award winners! Despite the terrible flooding and difficult conditions much of the country has experienced for prolonged periods, the… Read more
Tony Peet’s Ribble Chub on the Acolyte Rod
Thank you to Tony Peet for some lovely photos of big River Ribble Chub caught using his Drennan rods. When not trotting for the big Chub with his recently acquired 13ft Acolyte, he’s also been catching them on his Series 7 Puddle Chucker Competition Feeder rod and FD reel! “I… Read more
Ian Mann’s 11lb River Ribble Barbel
Thank you to Ian Mann from Burnley, Lancashire for this photo of a specimen River Ribble Barbel taken at the end of the season. Ian tells us he used one of our 50g Heavyweight Cage Feeders with an 8.9lb Supplex hooklink to tempt the big Barbel, which weighed in at… Read more