Interview with Pike Master Derek Gibson

Ron Clay interviews Derek Gibson, one of Britain's most successful pike anglers.

Derelict Pond Re-opens

A derelict pond has re-opened as a community fishing lake after a 14-year-old scout won an £ 8,000 grant to restore it.

The Serious Alternative

Kevin Perkins has returned from holiday with new and more sober ambitions regarding his angling writing career.

Hunting Barbel for the Charity Auction Day

Everyone was a winner, especially the East Anglian Air Ambulance, when Graham took Dave Bassett for a day after barbel.

Diary of a River Angler – Part 3

In Jed Jones's diary he's now taken the gloves off and is happily slugging chub (with a little help from Sid).

One for John

A short session for barbel on the upper Trent with Mick Howson and Graham Marsden, with a little help from John Ledger.

20lb Barbel? Yer ‘aving a Laugh!

Neil Maidment looks back to a time when a 20lb barbel was just a myth.

Diary of a River Angler – Part 2

In the second part of Jed Jones's diary he breaks through the jungle and makes his first cast.

My First Barbel – A Big Double!

A barbel over 14lb is a big fish, but when it's your first river barbel then, like Nick King you'll be a gibbering wreck!

Diary of a River Angler, Part 1

The first part of an occasional series that takes extracts from Jed Jones's diary of a river angler.
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