“I’ve had a 15lb-plus barbel and a float-caught 8lb-plus chub on my bucket list for years” “In the last two weeks of the river season I’ve managed to achieve both! The 8lb-plus chub, (which went 8lb 1oz) came on the last day of the river season from the Dorset Stour…. Read more
“The fish immediately tried to head for a snag but was quickly turned with the rod tip held low” David Herrin 17lb 5oz Bristol Avon record barbel “I arrived at the river after finishing work early at around 4 o’clock. I settled into my first swim and cast out a… Read more
“After a long fight and about 3 final surges, I slipped the net under her” “I had been planning my last 2019/20 season trip to the Tidal for several weeks and was planning to head down for first light on the 12th and fish until close on the 14th. When… Read more
“I spent five nights leading up to the end of the closed season fishing my favourite stretch of the River Thames” “on the first four all I’d caught was a 1lb chub. It was now the evening of the final day of the river season and I finished worked at… Read more
“My roach fishing on the Hampshire Avon has been phenomenal this winter but my latest session has probably been the best yet” “On reaching the river I fed an area of slack water on my nearside bank with liquidised bread, crushed hemp and fine gravel mixed in to get the… Read more
“I instantly ran to the rod and with a sweeping strike I connected with a thumping, headshaking fish..” “I’d just set up in a swim on a Southern gravel pit when I was called over by another angler who asked me to take pictures of some big roach he’d just… Read more
