Durham big fish angler Simon Ashton hit the headlines recently for a quite brilliant catch of unexploited, monster roach he’d located in a little known Scottish Loch – winning a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times. Simon has sent us an update following another successful subsequent trip:– “I was… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Expedition: Stand Out To Sea by David Corday
Drennan Area Manager in South West France David Corday reports on a recent sea fishing trip: At 6 o’clock in the morning, dawn was breaking in the port of Saint Denis d’Oléron in Charente Maritime, a crew made of 7 keen anglers boarded l’Outrage with Sebastien Gas, fishing guide, as… Read more
Stu Conroy’s Brookside Bag
Drennan Team England match ace Stu Conroy fished a terrific match at Brookside Fishery, near Warrington, Cheshire recently – finishing with a 65lb 12oz mixed bag, which was enough to win the weekend open match. Despite lots of cold rain on the day, Stu elected to target shallow water in… Read more
Bream Tactics – by Terry Theobald
Fresh leaves and amorous ducks are a sure fire sign spring is here again and, the concentration turns towards the humble bream, especially the big old bronze beauties that live in our many gravel pits throughout the land. To some, especially carp anglers, they are no more than a slimy… Read more
Jamie Stanley’s PB Perch
Dorset specimen angler Jamie Stanley won a weekly Drennan award for this Perch as featured in last week’s issue of Angling Times. The big stripy weighed in at 4lb 14oz, a new personal best – falling to a float-fished livebait strategy. Jamie fished a 6-acre clay pit, and used a… Read more
Gary Newman’s Peacock Bass
Probably the brightest coloured fish photo we’ve ever featured on this page, courtesy of globe-trotting ace Gary Newman – a Peacock Bass of around 9lb. Gary has recently been on a big fishing expedition to Guyana (Northern South-America), as featured in the Anglers Mail recently. In fact, the two part… Read more