“My roach fishing on the Hampshire Avon has been phenomenal this winter but my latest session has probably been the best yet” “On reaching the river I fed an area of slack water on my nearside bank with liquidised bread, crushed hemp and fine gravel mixed in to get the… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup 2019-20
Dai Gribble 3lb 8oz roach (plus 4lb roach/roach-rudd hybrid)
“I instantly ran to the rod and with a sweeping strike I connected with a thumping, headshaking fish..” “I’d just set up in a swim on a Southern gravel pit when I was called over by another angler who asked me to take pictures of some big roach he’d just… Read more
Andrew knots 4lb 7oz perch
“I can’t believe my PB perch only lasted just 2 weeks”.. ..”as today using a lure, I managed to catch a beast at 4lb 7oz – measuring at 49cm in length. The fish came out of Witham and a similar area to where I caught the 4lb 4oz perch a… Read more
Hugh Chappell 2lb 9oz roach
“My heart started thumping when I weighed her..” “The Hampshire Avon has been flooded for the past month so my brother Paul and I fished the slower-paced mill stream next to it, thinking the roach may have pushed in there after the high water. I started on the float with red… Read more
Paul Scowen 2lb 7oz, 2lb 10oz and 3lb 9oz roach
“the bobbin on the same rod danced again..” “My mate messaged me a couple of weeks ago to say that he had a 2.13 roach from a southern pit which for the past 6 years I have had a ticket for, but not fished. I am usually in full predator… Read more
Alfie Naylor 18lb 2oz barbel
“I looked down into the net and realised i’d caught a giant..” “Valentine’s Day is always a difficult day to go fishing and I wouldn’t like to push my luck with the wife, but this year when I rang my missus on the way home from work and she said… Read more