We’ve received this picture of some Snowdrops, pretty Roach and a Drennan IM9 Finesse – taken at Whelford Pools in Gloucestershire last week. The first signs of Spring are appearing! Many big Carp fisheries, and commercial match fisheries, hold large numbers of quality Roach which are rarely fished for. For… Read more

Thank you to Cheshire angler Danny Caen for some pictures of recent River Dane Barbel and Chub, like this beauty caught with a Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rod:- Danny caught these fish at the end of January in high coloured water conditions, using a large Cage feeder on 10lb ESP… Read more

Prolific young angler Oliver Jenkinson from Bedfordshire hasn’t let the almost constant flooding stop him catching – as this 5lb 11oz Chub shows. Oli arrived at one of his local rivers to find it right up and coloured, so he donned waders and carefully waded a shallow area to access… Read more

Lee Chatfield kindly sent us these terrific river Roach pictures – all caught using one of our 14ft Acolyte Float rods. Lee fished a southern river using a Stick float and bread punch hookbaits (one of his favourite methods) for a Saturday session last month in company with Matthew Tann…. Read more

Local Oxford young angler Bruno Rogers did well recently in wet windy weather and on a high coloured River Thames to catch this big Chub. Bruno used a home-made flat float to present a Worm hookbait on a size 12 Drennan Wide Gape Specialist hook – the fish weighed a… Read more