Oliver Jenkinson has had two impressive captures that prove our Drennan Super Specialist Barbel hooks are far more versatile than their name might initially suggest! “The chub weighed 6lb 5oz and was caught on meat while out targeting barbel and chub one evening,” he explained. “Due to the thick weed… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
French Carp With AS2 Pole Floats
Mike Gliedner from Luxembourg caught this quality mirror carp with a little help from a 0.5g Drennan AS2 pole float, 0.18mm line and a size 14 Super Spade hook. He caught the fish from a ‘carpodrome’ at Charency-Vezin, France. It was part of an impressive 27-carp catch on 8mm expander… Read more
My Evesham Festival
Dean Barlow looks back at a tough but nevertheless enjoyable Bank Holiday Weekend spent on the Warwickshire Avon for the three-day Evesham Festival. The Evesham Bank Holiday weekend has always been a big part of my life and fishing career. It started way back in 1979, when I used to go… Read more
River Tactics & World Champs Nostalgia In This Week’s Angler’s Mail
Inside the latest issue of the Angler’s Mail, out today, is an inspiring Action Replay article with Simon Willsmore. The Drennan Team England ace visits the Thames to show you how to plunder the fish on your local river! There is also a very special look back at the 1994 World Champs…. Read more
Specimen Rudd Using Drennan Hooks To Nylon
Neill Stephen has caught this magnificent 4lb rudd from Buckland Lake Fishery on float-fished sweetcorn. Few people can lay claim to such a specimen-sized fish, yet the former Drennan Cup Champion was very modest about the feat: “I just got very lucky!” he humbly explained. “It was taken in the early… Read more
Winning On The Thames
Drennan Bordon team member and England Youth International, Alex Clements, has been in winning form on the River Thames. Here is his account of a successful match on the stretch at Abingdon: Wanting to get a bit of practise in on the Thames before the forthcoming three-day festival, I got… Read more