Sometime after the publication of the book, the river Bain once more came to my notice when Richard Walker fished the second of a three leg match on the river against Tom Sails, the Lincoln AA team captain in the early 1950’s. For many years I had planned to fish the water but as usual…

Have you seen it then? Piccachu and his cronies? The Pokeman thing. What’s all that about then? Anyone know? No? Me neither.Of course the kid’s Pokeman craze isn’t exactly original, based on swopping a few cards around. We had similar games back in the post-war days (yes, WW2) and my Dad even had ’em when…

Articles by Bill Rushmer Bill Rushmer Bill is a chartered Chemist and retired teacher who is still fighting to keep the lid off his coffin. Remains as barmy about his fishing as he was over forty years ago – and is still loving it. Married to Virginia who is just as crazy about her fishing….

It is not my intention here to go through all the examples of mythical pike. Though these stories are slightly amusing I am not too impressed with them simply because they devalue the well documented examples which though not as big as the mythical pike are no less impressive for all this.At the end of…

Trophy Room for Paul Taylor Specie: Chub Weight: 5lb 8oz Location: River SwaleChub, 5~ lb and 4~ lb, Caught at Asenby on the River SwaleMy brother’s Chub (the guy with that hat!) was caught eight hours before mine on the feeder with nothing inbetween! GO BACK

Trophy Room for Peter Perrin Specie: Mirror carp Weight: 21lba 21lb Mirror carp I caught at Jubilee Lake, Thatcham.This was caught float fishing in the margins, using Sensas mini-meatballs+squid and is my 2nd biggest carp ever. GO BACK

Specie: Carp Weight: 15lb 8ozs Location: lodge lake – Milton Keynes This is my personal best caught on my local lake (lodge lake). It`s a mirror carp at 15lb 8oz caught in the evening of 14/7/00 using birdfood boiles and it took me a half hour to land. What a fight! But it was well…

Specie: carp Weight: 48lb Location: Lac Du Der, This is my personal best Leather carp and weighed in at 48.00 lb, it was one of several large carp caught on a trip to the largest man made reservoir in Europe, Lac Du Der, it was caught in September when the fishing conditions are hard, because…

Trophy Room for Trevor Mordle Specie: Common Carp Weight: 22lbs 8oz Location: Sumner ponds, large lake at Barns Green, W. Sx.My friend Mr Terry Dawson and I had been method fishing for about 3hrs, when I decided to put two really black casters on the hook. Bingo! this little beauty, was hauled in. GO BACK

Specie: Spanish Mackerel Weight: 55 lb Location: Great Barrier Reef 55 lb Spanish Mackerel caught on board ‘Orca’ off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, October 1999. At the time this was the biggest fish I had ever caught. I was a very happy man. We ate it raw