I had a rare opportunity to fish a match on peg 48 on Bonsai lake, that I had drawn just five days earlier in an eighty peg Open. I won that time with 130lb, sixty pounds of silver fish and the rest made up of F1s. In the opening hour… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Simon Ashton’s Scottish Roach Haul
Durham big-fish maestro Simon Ashton won a weekly Drennan Award recently for an astonishing, pioneering catch of monster Roach from a wild Scottish Stillwater. Simon is no stranger to big fish, and is actually the current holder of the British Dace record with a 2002 fish of 1lb 5oz from… Read more
Des Taylor’s Severn Barbel
Famous angling writer Des Taylor enjoyed a spectacular end to the river season with a barbel bonanza on his beloved River Severn near Bewdley – catching a number of fish capped by this wonderful 13lb specimen. Des has fished the river for many years – and has seen the barbel… Read more
Michael Townsend’s Stillwater Roach
Yorkshire specialist angler & Don Valley Specialist Group member Michael Townsend was one of the lucky winners of one of the Drennan Camo Keepnets in a competition run by Martin Bowler recently. Michael has an enviable record with specimen sized roach, and in the past has caught genuine monsters of… Read more
Dan Sales reveals the Method Feeder
Here’s a tactic which will catch lots of fish this Spring – the Method Feeder – this well constructed example being provided by Hertfordshire specimen angler Dan Sales. We like how Dan has squeezed a nice tight ball of method mix around a Flatbed Method Feeder, liberally studded with free… Read more
Drennan North-West storm Lindholme!
The Drennan North-West Match team fished their Winter League Northern Semi Final at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes in Yorkshire last week, and won the match convincingly! The team produced four section winners, one second and two thirds to total 75 points, nine clear of the 2nd placed team. In addition, recently… Read more