Thank you to Matthew Faulkner from Bognor Regis in West Sussex for sending us some quality pictures of Bream and big Carp caught this Summer. Matthew has been fishing a very weedy local club lakes using Premier Boilies on 15lb Super Specialist Sink Braid hooklinks over spod mix, and his… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Daniele Grassi’s River Oglio (Italy) Barbel
Thanks to Italian angler Daniele Grassi for this fine photo of a Barbel from the River Oglio in the North of Italy. Daniele tells us he caught the fish on feeder fishing tactics with a 20g Carp Feeder loaded with maggots, and maggot hookbait on a size 18 Wide Gape… Read more
Series 7 Specialist Avon/Quiver 12ft 1.75lb
Close-up photo of the Series 7 Specialist Avon Quiver 12ft 1.75lb in the hands of Durham’s Simon Ashton. This rod is consists of both a standard Avon Top (for use when Barbel fishing!) plus a ‘Carrier’ Section with two push-in Drennan Feeder Tips (4oz Glass and 6oz Carbon) – making… Read more
Paul Elt’s Drop-Shotted Perch
Thanks to Paul Elt from St Neots for this picture of a vividly coloured 3lb+ Perch – caught whilst drop-shotting one of his local rivers using a Little American Worm Replicant on 6lb Supplex. “The lure was a little American Worm Replicant that I picked up – great little action… Read more
Jon Arthur Wins Big Warks Avon Match with an Acolyte Pole!
Match and Pole Fishing Magazine’s Group Editor Jon Arthur won the Wychavon Championship on the River Avon last month using a Drennan Acolyte 16m Pole! Jon Arthur weighed in 11lb 15oz from peg 11 on Evesham’s Crown Meadow. Jon had also won the contest in 2011, and pocketed a £3,000… Read more
Danny Johnson’s First Trip with the Matchpro Ultralight 15ft
Thanks to Doncaster’s Danny Johnson for this picture of a fine Grayling, which he caught during his first trip with a new Matchpro Ultralight 15ft rod! Danny travelled over to fish the River Severn, using a mix of float trotting and feeder fishing in order to locate fish. In the… Read more