Durham specialist (and reigning record British Dace holder!) Simon Ashton with a Yorkshire Barbel. Fresh from hauling on the River Wye a few weeks back, Simon has been out on the more challenging Rivers Swale and Trent, and has kept on catching. This fish from the Swale came on 2… Read more
Daniel Brydon Wins with AS1 Pole Float
Daniel Brydon from Saxmundham Angling in Suffolk reports a Hinderclay Lake-winning match result made up of big carp like this one on the pole. Daniel caught a number of huge carp in a 90lb weight (but reports sadly losing a couple more real lumps), managing to tame fish to 18lb on… Read more
Matt’s Devastating Wye Barbel Tactics
Another brilliant picture from Portsmouth’s Matt Tann – with a specimen River Wye Barbel caught last month. Matt travelled over to Herefordshire for a few days fun barbel fishing, and caught a whole load of fish! The successful tactic was to use 40g Oval Groundbait Feeders with a 3 foot… Read more
Richard Booty’s Estate Lake Tench
Richard Booty was the winning bidder recently for a trip with Martin Bowler to an old estate lake to floatfish for Tench, with the proceeds going to charity. Richard used a Drennan Tench Float rod to waggler fish close to the Lilies; this stunning picture is of a typical fish… Read more
England Ladies Triumph in Slovenia

The England Ladies fished in the World Championships in Slovenia last week, and WON outright over the 2 days! The event was fished on the River Sava in Radece, and after day 1 the team were in 8th place, but it was very tight as they were actually only 12… Read more
Theo’s Welsh Mullet
Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald with a pretty Mullet from one of his local South Wales estuaries. After a tricky start losing a few to hook pulls, Theo swapped and changed tactics between float and feeder in order to find a winning strategy. In the end a Drennan Pellet Waggler on… Read more