Stunning specimens weighing 17lb 9oz and 15lb 4oz were taken last week by Midlands-based angler Garry Teer from a club run stretch of the River Thames. The amazing capture was taken during a night fishing session using a home-made, trimmed down 18mm dumbell boilie wrapped in matching paste. Incredibly it… Read more
Darren Davies demonstrates how you can increase your catch rate on the whip.
Nottingham match legend Wayne Swinscoe won the three-day Burton Festival on the River Trent between Branston and Shardlow for the second time in the annual contest’s 12 year history. Third on day 1 with 9lb 12oz of pole-caught perch and dace from a peg on the Branston golf course stretch,… Read more
Chris Hewett described the capture of this specimen as ‘the greatest moment in over 30 years of fishing for big roach.’ It topped the scales at 2lb 10oz and was netted during a session at his local syndicate lake. The London-based roach fishing fanatic fished a waggler with a maggot… Read more
Stephen Chesney had sweetcorn to thank during his latest rudd session as it helped him bank this 3lb personal best specimen. The Suffolk-based angler quiver tipped single grains of sweetcorn on a section of a Fenland river to take the large rudd as well as four others. He told Angling… Read more
Float fished bread flake was the secret in the capture of this impressive 2lb 4oz roach for Mike Townsend. Mike targeted a tiny, clear local river in Yorkshire and baited his swim with hempseed for two hours until he had a small shoal of big fish feeding among some streamer… Read more
