Jo Green has been focusing on RK Leisure’s Wraysbury 1 of late and after initial success catching a few stockies, she was rewarded on her latest trip with one of the original Redmire commons – the mighty Red October! Well done Jo, here’s how it happened: ‘I had decided to go into one of the bays this session using just the 2 rods as there was no point in shutting […]

Dave Robinson followed up his lovely unknown brace from a large pit in the Fens with a bit of stalking on an intimate Fenland drain – with an impressive result, well done Dave! ‘I arrived at the drain at 6am just as the sun came up over the flood bank. I was late but I needed the sun to be able to find these fish. I had walked down the […]

Dave Robinson ventured into the unknown last weekend on a large Fenland pit. On his first trip Dave’s pioneering spirit was well rewarded with a couple of show stoppers. Brilliant angling Dave, this is what it is all about! ‘Knowing full well what weather we were expecting on Friday night (3/7/15) I headed to the Lea Valley in search of a big common. When I arrived, it was apparent that […]

Nathan Highley enjoyed an excellent guest session on a Norfolk syndicate earlier this week, catching fish off the bottom, on zigs and off the top, good angling! ‘This week I had a guest session on a Norfolk syndicate for twenty four hours and managed to land four fish ranging 17lb to 27lb. I had one off the bottom on a standard bottom bait rig, size 5 D-7’s to 20lb two-tone […]

Here’s Terry Hearn with a crafty tip. This is a bit of an unusual one but in the right circumstances when very precise rig placement is required, it can be a massive edge… The Two Rod Trick Some crafty angling this time round, with a tactic which has worked well for me at several different venues over the years, and that’s clipping up to the far bank. Obviously fishing in […]

After the closure of the Roach Pit in Ringwood, Daren ‘Tinpot’ Norman needed to find an alternative venue and he did so in style on a local Kent pit… ‘Just dropping you a report about a lovely bit of fishing I’ve had over the last week from a Kent pit. The first action was from a cracking old grey mirror of 31.08 caught from the margin, 20 minutes after putting […]

Continuing Terry Hearn’s series of top tips – little edges that can help make all the difference. At this time of year boilies can lose their effectiveness on waters where the fish have been hammered on them through the spring, so it might be time to make a switch. One of Tel’s favourite alternatives is good old tiger nuts, here’s what he has to say: ‘Don’t forget the Tigers! It’s […]

Martin Bowler is a big fan of the ‘naked chod’ set up, especially when the water is gin clear and very weedy. Here’s how he ties it: The chod rig and leadcore is synonymous with each other and the track record of this combo has been incredibly successful so maybe it will seem strange that I don’t use leadcore 90% of the time. Why? A sinking line gives a far […]

Tony Burnham from High Wycombe had an excellent result recently, with this monstrous common from Yateley North Lake. Here’s what Tony had to say about the capture:  ‘This year I had been targeting the three big commons in Yateley North Lake, last Friday I managed to get down a little earlier than usual and had a fair choice of swims. After seeing some very subtle signs out in front of […]

Dave Robinson sent us this unique shot of a lovely mirror from a Cambridge pit he has been targeting. Excellent angling Dave! ‘This awesome creature was caught after an hour of standing in the reeds watching my targets swim past my feet. There is only a handful of mirrors in this venue so when I saw this roll over the net cord I was delighted to say the least. I […]