Watford’s Stuart Court is one of the England’s finest exponents at catching really big Barbel from intimate rivers – and is seen here with a 14lb 9oz summer beauty from a midlands river. Stu has an incredible record with Britain’s biggest Barbel on various rivers, having already caught 17lb+ fish… Read more
Category: Specimen
Steve Russell’s Personal Best Barbel
Oxfordshire specimen angler Steve Russell has emailed to tell us about his new personal best Barbel, weighing 15lb 5oz, caught from a midlands river. Steve had a ‘gut feeling’ that he had to get out fishing for a few hours in the evening after work, and this sixth sense was… Read more
Chris Currie’s Southern Barbel
Phil Smith’s Eel Campaign
Coventry’s Phil Smith with a terrific Eel weighing 5lb 10oz from a midlands stillwater, one of several quality Eels he’s caught recently, up to a mighty 7lb! Phil used an old Drennan E-Sox Pike Deadbait Rod to fish two Lobworms on a size 6 hook to a 3ft hooklink, and… Read more
Lasse Birch Hojrup’s Danish Brown Goldfish
Thank you to Lasse Birch Hojrup from Denmark for these interesting photos of big Brown Goldfish, caught using on his favourite Double Strength line. Lasse is an angling journalist for the Danish angling paper “Fiske Avisen” – and explained to us how he came to target and catch these fish:- “This… Read more
Julien Watson’s Oulton Broad Silvers
Drennan’s East Anglia Sales Agent Julien Watson with a fine net of silver fish from Oulton Broad in Suffolk caught recently. Julien finished work in the early evening and decided to spend a few hours fishing on the park front – a place he spent many happy hours as a… Read more