A swim move paid off in style for former Drennan Cup champion Lee McManus, with five bream coming to the net capped by specimens of 18lb 1oz and 17lb 8oz. He was fishing a midlands pit where he’s had a good run of results since early March, landing 11 fish… Read more
Most carp anglers will have used a hinge rig at some point, but, with a little tweaking, the pop-up rig can work for smaller species too, as last season’s Drennan Cup runner up Stephen Gibbons proved in spectacular style with this 3lb 6oz rudd.. It was caught from a midlands… Read more
Former Drennan Cup champion Daniel Woolcott is no stranger to big roach, and this spring he’s continued his superb reputation with the species with this specimen of 3lb 7oz. It was caught from B1 on the Linear Fisheries Complex – a rock-hard 30-acre water with a very small stock of… Read more
Big bream are notoriously one of the very hardest fish to catch, but Alfie Snow has a fantastic record with the species, and got off to a great start to the season, landing this fish of 18lb 11oz. Impressively, it’s the 15-year-olds 11th double-figure bream, and was caught from an… Read more
Kevin Sanders got off to a great start on a local gravel pit once the river season ended. After the first 2 trips were slow, a change of location for his third session resulted in this pb equalling fish of 3lb 5oz. He told us “I had managed a few… Read more
After a result with a perch of 3lb 4oz, Matt Fernandez was eager to return to the stillwater, in search of one even bigger. With bright and warm conditions that evening, he knew it’d be his last time targeting the species before spring got into full swing. One of his… Read more
