Christian Barker tells us he finished 2013 with 83 Suffolk Chub over 4lb – a very consistent year! He used a variety of baits – live insects, bread and cheese pastes and likes to use the Laguna SAC flavours and uses a Drennan Matchpro Medium Feeder rod for his quivertip… Read more
Thank you to Dave Lambert for this photo of a beautiful 2lb 12oz Grayling caught before Christmas. The ‘Lady of the Stream’ set a new personal best and was caught by trotting with a 3AA Loafer on 5lb Supplex line. The famous Loafer float has been one of our most… Read more
Thank you to Stuart Woods for sending some photos of recent Barbel from the Thames system. Stuart has been using 3 FT Krill and Octopus Boilies hair-rigged to a size 10 Wide Gape Specialist Barbless hook, and both these fish came during short evening sessions. Both these fine Barbel weighed… Read more
Thank you to Vinny Coulson for this photo of a handsome Chub and his Series 7 Silverfish Float rod! Vinny tells us he used the rod for the first time at the start of December on the upper reaches of a North West river, and enjoyed a cracking day! He… Read more
Gary Newman about to land a big Trout whilst trotting for Grayling with a Matchpro Ultralight 15ft rod. These excellent photographs are taken from Gary’s brilliant Angling Adventures feature which appears in Anglers Mail every week, this one from a trip to the lovely River Itchen. Gary used Drennan Crystal… Read more
Thank you to John Hoyle from Halifax for sending us this Yorkshire Pike photo: John fished a local canal from a narrow boat and presented a fish bait beneath a Drennan Zeppler float, with size 8 Trebles on 15lb 7-Strand wire to tempt this 14lb 2oz specimen. For full details… Read more