An exceptional 2025 sees the likeable Essex angler lift the title

2025 – 2026 SEASON

Southern waterway home to giant barbel, chub and perch is 2025’s River of the Year

From low-stock gravel pit big’uns to forties caught on the float, it’s been a truly memorable year for Tom Stokes

Chris Kennedy-Barnard reports back from North Carolina in the USA where hundreds of anglers compete chasing red drum in a gruelling 60-hour surfcasting tournament

Mike Pisera’s giant 20lb 6oz fish voted the nation’s favourite