Drennan’s crack match angler and all-round nice guy Robin Cave putting one of the new Series 7 F1 Carp Waggler 10ft rods through its paces earlier this Winter. This rod was purpose designed for commercial fishery anglers needing a handy short rod to target ‘match’ sized carp and F1s. Coming… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Andy Loble’s Perch Target Nailed!
Sussex specimen angler Andy Loble has bagged a string of 3lb+ Perch this Winter in his quest for a 4lber – and did it with days to spare with this 4lb 4oz beast! Andy has had countless Perch up to 2lb, fifty plus 2lb+ Perch and eight 3lb Perch this… Read more
Neill Stephen’s Extraordinary Grayling Brace
2010/11 Drennan Cup Winner Neill Stephen with a 3lb 6oz Grayling – part of a stupendous brace of 3lbers winning a weekly Drennan Cup award! Neill has spent considerable time this Winter travelling south to fish various famous chalk streams, often enduring rubbish river & weather conditions. But it all… Read more
Theo’s 7lb 4oz Stour Chub in the Rain
Welsh ace Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald capped a memorable period trotting for specimen Chub at the end of the season with this 7lb 4oz stunner from the Dorset Stour. On a damp grey day, Theo came up with this lovely photograph helping him win a Drennan Cup weekly award in last… Read more
Last Gasp Ouse Perch Glory!
Carpin Capers, Northampton manager and Northampton Specimen Group member Paul ‘Dougie’ Douglas enjoyed some exciting, last gasp Perch glory at the end of the river season. Paul’s main target for the Winter was to catch a 4lb river Perch – and like the majority of us, found river fishing conditions… Read more
Simon Lavin’s Fishing since winning the Drennan Cup
We recently caught up with last year’s Drennan Cup 2011/12 Winner, Simon Lavin (seen here with a 7lb 2oz Chub from earlier in the Winter) to ask him how his fishing has been since visiting Drennan HQ last April to lift the trophy. “Immediately following the conclusion of the 2011 –… Read more