The 2013 Thames Festival was a new three day event and one I hadn’t originally planned to fish, but after spending a day watching the Drennan Knockout Cup match on Medley about three weeks previously, I knew I just had to fish it. Medley is always a great place to… Read more
Young Simon Price’s Thames Pike
Young Simon Price from Oxfordshire with his new best Pike of just under 9lb, from the Thames near Oxford. Simon fished one of the weir-pools and used one of the new E-Sox Lure Traces to fish a soft bodied Shad. He was helped by his Dad to unhook and return… Read more
Carl & Alex Smith’s Sussex Carp
Thanks to Carl and Alex Smith for sending us a terrific array of beautiful Carp photos caught stalking and off the top at Tanyard Fishery in East Sussex, all on 10lb Supplex line. All these carp were caught this season by the boys on either corn, prawn, bread or mixer… Read more
Steve Winter’s Middle Level Drain Match Win
Steve Winter with a quality, match-winning 19lb 4oz net of fish from the Middle Level Drain in Lincolnshire:- “The 1st of my Winter leagues starts next week so Sunday we had a practice round on the Tydd section of the Middle Level Drain, where the 1st round will be held. The… Read more
Phil Bends the new E-Sox Piker Bait Rod!
Coventry’s famous specimen angler Phil Smith playing a big Sturgeon on one of the new E-Sox Piker Bait 12ft Rods. Phil has a set of the new rods for his Winter Pike campaign, but decided to put them through their paces with Sturgeon at a midlands stillwater. Three huge fish… Read more
Stu Hanson’s Pellet Waggler Carp
Thanks to Stu Hanson from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for this photo of a 15lb Mirror Carp landed on a Series 7 Pellet Waggler 11ft rod. Stu has been using the Loaded Pellet Waggler floats, and also recently caught this 12lb Common on the same rod: For full details on the Series… Read more