Thank you to young Hampshire angler Tom Aldous for this super photograph of a great looking Pike, caught with a size 6 Drennan Super Carbon Treble hook. The big Pike weighed 18lb 8oz, well done Tom! For full details on the Super Carbon Treble hook pattern, click here.
Author: Jack Reid
Snowdrops, IM9 Finesse and Roach!
We’ve received this picture of some Snowdrops, pretty Roach and a Drennan IM9 Finesse – taken at Whelford Pools in Gloucestershire last week. The first signs of Spring are appearing! Many big Carp fisheries, and commercial match fisheries, hold large numbers of quality Roach which are rarely fished for. For… Read more
Drennan Pairs League Final Round Report
The one consistent theme in this year’s Drennan Pairs League has been the foul weather! Again on the final Sunday, gales, rain and chocolate-coloured water greeted the slightly depleted field. I think just about everyone has had enough – but maybe not rising star Alex Bates who has made this… Read more
Danny Caen’s River Dane Barbel & Chub on MB Specialist Barbel Rod
Thank you to Cheshire angler Danny Caen for some pictures of recent River Dane Barbel and Chub, like this beauty caught with a Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rod:- Danny caught these fish at the end of January in high coloured water conditions, using a large Cage feeder on 10lb ESP… Read more
Oliver’s Floodwater Chub
Prolific young angler Oliver Jenkinson from Bedfordshire hasn’t let the almost constant flooding stop him catching – as this 5lb 11oz Chub shows. Oli arrived at one of his local rivers to find it right up and coloured, so he donned waders and carefully waded a shallow area to access… Read more
Terry Hearn’s Majestic River Roach
Terry Hearn with a 2lb 14oz Thames System Roach – one of the most majestic photographs of the season to date! Tel caught the Roach using double maggot on a size 18 Drennan Wide Gape Match spade end hook, in conjunction with a tiny bomb – after catching a whole… Read more