A short session on a North Yorkshire venue resulted in a new personal best tench weighing 6lb 1oz for Stevie Hardwick. The 40-year-old from Teesside tamed the fish from Cornhill Farm at East Cowton, using feeder tactics close to an island margin. He used 8lb line, a small Drennan In-Line Method Feeder with crushed hemp… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Catch And Release
Latest Article: Battle Of The Baits
Follow two top anglers through a session at Ivy House Lakes in our latest article. The excellent Wiltshire venue is renowned for good catches of both carp and silverfish – and that’s exactly what we discovered on the day! Download the article here: Battle Of The Baits (526Kb PDF File) Venue: Ivy House Lakes… Read more
Eight Awards For Drennan!
Drennan have scooped no fewer than eight accolades in the Match Fishing Tackle Awards! There were 12 categories in total, each voted for by Match Fishing magazine readers. Listed below are the eight awards we managed to win. Thanks to all the discerning readers who voted for Drennan tackle! Best Float Rod Over £120 – Drennan Acolyte… Read more
Tench Fall To Red Maggots
Swim preparation helped Drennan’s Ryan Hayden land eight tench on his recent session to a Southern gravel pit. Arriving the evening before Ryan prepared two spots, one down the marginal shelf alongside a weed bed using a traditional rake and one at around 40 yards using a castable rake to… Read more
Bright Baits Tempt Tench
Hans Moolenaar and Arend Termorshuizen have managed to land some good catches of tench despite the unsettled weather in Holland. “We both fished with 35g In-Line Flat Method feeders on 8lb Feeder & Method Mono with a short hooklength of 10lb Super Specialist Sinkbraid tied to a size 12 Specimen Plus hook with… Read more