Julian Barnes had a mega barbel session on the Trent to end the season, landing 19 fish, of which 14 of were doubles! The biggest of the bunch was this lovely 17lb 15oz specimen, which backed up by further fish of 17lb 9oz and 15lb 9oz! He told us “I… Read more
Alfie Lane enjoyed a blistering end to the season on the Hampshire Avon where, after landing an 18lb 12oz barbel, he also managed this 8lb chub. The stretch he’s fishing is a popular one, and Alfie was having little success in the more pressured swims. He kept his eye on… Read more
2025’s was a winter to remember for many grayling anglers, with the last of the specimen fish reported this 3lb 1oz fish from a southern chalkstream. It was caught by Tom Gosden, who used nymphing tactics to great effect. Fishing on a bright and frosty morning, Tom drifted his fly… Read more
A day afloat on the Thames near Marlow turned out to be a memorable one for Mark Fox, who landed this 4lb 15oz perch. He and a friend had landed several pike before the perch moved in, with his friend also landing a fish of 3lb 1oz just before Mark’s… Read more
The Norfolk Broads have been in exceptional form for big pike over recent years, and whilst many of the biggest fish are kept quiet, one angler reported a memorable spell of fishing at the end of the season. George Papp banked this specimen of 34lb 8oz alongside another of 26lb… Read more
Stephen Gibbons was one of several anglers to get in on the action at the end of the season, employing trotted maggot tactics to land this 7lb 15oz specimen from the Dorset Stour. He told us “I’d fed the swim steadily since 7am and had landed a few chub and… Read more
