Targeting a midlands chalk steam at the back end of the season, Phil Taylor returned to the same swim where he’d seen the river’s large roach take up residence earlier in the summer. This time, armed with a tip rod and bread flake, it didn’t take long before he had… Read more
Surrey angler Duncan Hayward has enjoyed a fish-filled season that ended on a high after slipping the net under this 1lb 1oz dace. It was caught from a Thames tributary on a maggot hookbait presented below an open-ended feeder. He’d been pestered by tiny roach before receiving a more positive… Read more
After enduring a difficult winter, Steve Wilkinson’s persistence paid off in spectacular style with this 8lb 9oz chub. It was taken from the River Kennet on a piece of link legered bread flake, fished alongside liquidised feed. He found the river running up and coloured so baited a few likely… Read more
Typically, perch are targeted by features, be it an overhanging tree or a bridge. But Steve Frost tempted this 4lb 8oz beast from an open water swim on the River Wharfe. He was targeting a stretch that had previous form for a small shoal of very large perch and cast… Read more
Having received a few twitches on the tip and reeling in to see the imprints of a chub’s lips on his cheese paste hookbait, Buckinghamshire angler Jonathan Pomroy switched to a lighter lead and was rewarded with this 7lb 10oz chub. He was fishing on Hertfordshire’s River Colne and had… Read more
In a phenomenal run of form, Alan Stagg has landed a perch over the four-pound mark every week for the past six weeks. But this remarkable brace of fish, weighing 5lb 1oz and 4lb 13oz, tops the lot. They came on the second of a two-day trip after locating a… Read more
