Here at tcf we're anglers as well, and we know how fantastic you feel when you slip the landing net under that special fish.
That's why we've teamed up with Korum in this great series in which we'll be rewarding your efforts and giving you something to remind you of the day for years to come.
The Prizes
The sender of the catch tcf deems to be the most noteworthy each month will be the Korum Challenge Angler Of The Month and along with a badge and cap will receive £300 of Korum gear and have their catch story and picture printed here and on our website. There are also two runners up prizes of £200 and £100 of Korum gear for the next best entries, also shown on this page. All three anglers will be invited to our annual Korum Fish In (see below). We will print the names of all the anglers who achieve one of the 16 Korum targets and they can look forward to receiving the relevant metallic pin badge through the post. We will also cherry-pick a number of entrants to have their catch pictures published. Each of these Gold Award winners will be sent a special Korum cap, as well as the badge.
Korum Fish In
The Korum Angler of the Month plus the two runners up each month will be invited to a special annual Korum Fish In, where they will join top anglers from the Korum team and have the chance to fish for some amazing tackle prizes at one of the top big fish waters in the land. The first Korum Fish In will take place in the autumn of 2008.
Christopher Martin
specimen barbel badge
Chaddesden, Derbyshire-based Christopher Martin christened his new barbel rod in style with this specimen 14lb 4oz whiskers. The personal best came from a section of the River Derwent in Derby and took a 14mm pellet fished over a bed of pellets and groundbait.
This stunning 3lb 12oz perch is a personal best for Hilton, Derbyshire-based Mark Hoad. The big stripey ambushed Mark’s deep-diving yellow- and-red-coloured lure during a visit to a local gravel pit.
A trip to the middle reaches of the River Trent in Nottinghamshire resulted in this cracking 25lb 5oz pike for Brampton, Derbyshire-based Shane Calton. The personal-best predator fell to a legered roach deadbait.
Coventry-based James Badland fished a legered 12mm halibut pellet during a trip to Square Lane Fisheries and was rewarded with this cracking 13lb 9oz common carp. The fish is a personal best for the 14-year-old.
The final put-in of the day resulted in this super 3lb 8oz perch for Mosborough, Sheffield-based Nick Fry. The personal best fell to double pole-fished red maggot, fished eight metres out, during a trip to Kiveton Hall Farm Fisheries.
This monster 22lb 8oz pike fell to float-fished lamprey and was taken by Arlesey, Bedfordshire-based James Hopper during a session at McGregor Lake in Sandy. The fish is a personal best for James.
The Exeter Canal in Devon produced this fighting-fit 29lb pike for Exeter-based Graham Pym. The personal best fell to a float-fished smelt fished overdepth on the bottom of the nearside shelf.
Hereford, Herefordshire-based Kris Lee bagged this super 20lb 7oz pike during a lure session on the River Wye. The personal best fell to a 20g Fox Pro Shad worked along the bottom of the riverbed out in the middle of the river.
Darlington, County Durham-based Stephen Smith picked up this personal-best perch during a trip to his local Bishopton Pond. The 1lb 6oz stripey fell to pole-fished red maggot.
A trip to Redwell Fishery in Carnforth, Lancashire resulted in this chunky 1lb 7oz roach for Morecambe-based Mick Kayley. The personal-best fish fell to feeder tactics with red maggot hook bait.
Lou Crossan, from St Leonards on Sea, bagged this 2lb 9oz perch during a visit to a private estate lake in East Sussex. The personal-best fish was taken at dusk on float-fished maggot fished close to marginal reeds
Perch love worms and this 3lb specimen was no different. It took two, fished on a straight leger presented by Nuneaton, Warkwickshire-based Carl Arcus during a trip to a local stillwater. The perch is a personal best.
SPECIMEN BADGE WINNERS
10lb 6oz, Doug Povey, Reading
8lb 12oz, William Woodcock, Grantham
8lb 3oz, Shaun Chaney, Redditch
6lb 4oz, Gavin White, Retford
11lb 12oz, Paul Williamson, Rotherham
38lb 4oz, Shaun McIvor, Stamford
22lb 3oz, Ryan Keely, Liverpool
23lb, Liam Riley, Liverpool
21lb 4oz, Max Reid, Coventry
6lb 1oz, Paul Coombes, Retford
6lb 14oz, Steve Martin, Welton
5lb 5oz, Oliver Heasman, Kinson
5lb 4oz, John Wood, Shrewsbury
5lb, Gavin White, Retford
6lb 2oz, Anthony English, Gloucester
3lb, John Henton, Begelly
3lb 10oz, Mark Kelly, Doncaster
2lb 12oz, Ben Mackenzie, Kingsthorpe
2lb 12oz, James Eaves, Rixton
3lb 5oz, Joseph Barlow, Newbury
16lb 10oz, Matt Crossan, St Leonards on Sea
18lb 11oz, Martin Heys, Sherborne
32lb 8oz, Neil Jackson, Ballygowan
24lb 2oz, Paul Saunders, Maldon
17lb 15oz, Robert Pywell, Tamworth
2lb 1oz, Ryan Keely, Liverpool
2lb 8oz, Steve Martin, Welton
6lb 3oz, Charlie Stewart, GunbyBADGE WINNERS
5lb, John Wood, Shrewsbury
8lb 3oz, Shaun Chaney, Redditch
4lb 2oz, James Naylor, Sheffield
10lb 2oz, Steven Pollard, Boldmere
17lb 8oz, Luke Kendell, Rugb
4lb 2oz, Neil O’Boyle, Corby
1lb 6oz, Mark Murphy, Nelson
1lb 13oz, Henry Berridge, Benwick
8lb, James Naylor, Sheffield
1lb 2oz, Gavin Durnell, Beckenham
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