Crack Daiwa Dorking match angler Dave Harpin is also a bit of secret specimen angler on the quiet! With few match commitments recently he’s been out on the River Loddon in search of specimen Barbel, taking fish of 10lb 9oz and 9lb 1oz, plus some Chub. In addition, bonus Carp of 16lb 2oz… Read more

Thank-you to everyone that took the time to enter the competition – we had a fantastic response with almost 300 entries received.  Winners were selected at random. Q.  In what year was the Drennan tackle company founded? 1957 1967   1977 The correct answer is 1967.  First Prize Winner: 10… Read more

Peter Drennan took a few hours out to fish for Oxfordshire gravel pit tench earlier in the week. Although the weather was very indifferent and changeable on the day (sunny one hour, windy and raining the next) a few nice fish were caught! Peter prefers to float fish for Tench… Read more

Leanne Jones and Mike Welsh have enjoyed a brilliant start to the river season on Yorkshire’s River Swale.  Together they took 7 Barbel in the first few days of the season, with Mike landing fish to 9lb and Leane this super 8lb fish. Despite the river being up in flood… Read more

Coventry’s Phil Smith has shown his class and experience yet again as more huge Tench fall to his rods!  Phil took this fantastic brace of 9lb Tench recently as part of a big haul; the fish coming in at 9lb dead and then 9lb 4oz! Thinking “If it ain’t broke,… Read more