This wonderfully atmospheric photo shows Hampshire’s Matt Tann trotting for big Roach & Dace at dawn using the a new Drennan Matchpro Ultralight 15ft rod! Matt fishes all his local southern rivers & chalk streams on occasion, generally preferring to trot a float wherever possible for the fast biting Dace… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Gwyn Davies Specimen River Wye Pike
Fordingbridge, Hampshire angler Gwyn Davies won a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times recently for this photo of a specimen River Wye Pike! Gwyn floatfished a Sardine on 28lb Drennan Green Pike Wire hard on the river bed, using size 6 semi-barbless Partridge trebles. The only bite of the… Read more
Theo’s Ouse Trotting Success
Wales specialist angler Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald with a specimen Chub caught trotting on the River Great Ouse with a Drennan Matchpro Ultralight 14ft rod! Theo enjoyed a fabulous day last week, catching five top quality fish of 4lb 8oz, 4lb 14oz, 5lb 1oz, 6lb 8oz and 6lb 9oz! Successful tactics… Read more
James Aris Ouse Dace
Buckinghamshire specialist James Aris has sent us this lovely photo of a plump River Great Ouse Dace caught on a Series 7 Specialist Avon Quiver 12ft 1¼lb rod! James quivertipped worm on a size 12 Carbon Specimen hook, using a ¾ oz Glass Slow Taper tip, and has also been… Read more
Paul Elt’s Drop-Shotting Article for Big Perch
Big Perch caught recently by Paul Elt using an E-Sox Spinflex 7ft 1.5lb rod and FD 4000 reel to present a Drop-Shot lure! Paul has been producing some spectacular results by exploring Drop-Shotting – a method which has been little used by UK specimen anglers to target big Perch. If… Read more
Mark Pilley’s Magnificent Itchen Grayling
Well done to London angler Mark Pilley who won a recent weekly Drennan award in Angling Times for this magnificent photo of his recent 3lb Grayling! Mark travelled down to Hampshire to fish the beautiful River Itchen and presented a single red maggot on a size 16 Super Specialist hook… Read more