A FIVE year pursuit in search of a double-figure tench finally came to an end for James Champkin in the form of this superb 10lb 11oz specimen. The Angling Trust Campaigns Officer slipped the net under 18 tench during his trip to a southern gravel pit – which also produced… Read more
Bleak, Roach and Perch made up 99% of the weights on sunday with a surprise net of Chub for Tom Hobbs Tom Hobbs with his net of big Chub The 5th round of the Oxford Summer league was fished by 7 teams of 6 on the Thames at Clanfield. The… Read more
Success for Wayne on 3 day Tidal Trent festival A typical Tidal Trent catch For the last four or five years I have fished the Tidal Trent quite frequently and enjoyed it most times, the river is far better than it used to be. I remember winning my first big… Read more
Simon Mottram from Drennan North West reports back on his recent festival win Simons winning net of perch and chub In its 7th year running the festival has a fantastic turn out with 64 anglers competing. Day 1 I drew the first peg below Boggs Lock and it has had… Read more
A difficult and moody Thames with little roach showing but the bream and skimmers are still on the feed Dave Self with his winning bag of bream from F section caught on the feeder The 4th round of the Oxford Summer League was fished by 7 teams of 6 on… Read more
Although there wasn’t an abundance of fish there were still some lovely Irish roach caught I would like to be reporting on an emphatic win on the River Bann in Northern Ireland but instead we came a very disappointing 8th out of the seventeen teams that took part. We expected that… Read more
