With HS2 building a railway through his favourite tench water, Korda TV Production and Project Manager, Gary Newman, had to find a new venue and settled on an 80-acre gravel pit in the home counties. Arriving for a 48-hour session, Gary got into a swim he fancied. There was thick… Read more
“I still had around 10 minutes of my lunchbreak left so decided to make one final cast” Quick-hit sessions are one of the highlights of summer fishing, but the catch Sam Everist made in his lunch hour would be hard to beat in a whole season of trying! Targeting a… Read more
Ash Costa is no stranger to big perch and he certainly got off to a flying start on a new water when he banked this 4lb 9oz beauty. He told us “One thing I really wanted to do in my perch fishing this season was to get right off the… Read more
A change of swim was a great move for HGV driver James Stewart after he landed this immense 18lb 8oz barbel from the River Thames, the biggest reported of the season. After introducing some bait whilst setting up in the new swim, where overhanging trees provided cover on both sides,… Read more
After a rather tricky spring, Hertfordshire specimen hunter, Joe Royffe, was truly pleased to land this bruiser of a rudd from the River Cam, weighing in at 3lb 3oz. On his third trip to the river, Joe roved around, running a waggler with a bread flake hookbait through a few… Read more
“One night, whilst scoping out the margins, I spotted it beneath a large, fallen tree close to the lake’s entrance..” Putting in the hours, finding the single large chub that his local water holds and finding its comfort spots certainly paid off for Oliver Taylor as he banked the lakes… Read more
