Dorset specimen ace Pete Reading caught this superb 7lb 6oz Chub from the Hampshire Avon before the season ended. Pete used his reliable maggot feeder tactics using a very short 3 inch hooklink to 3.2lb line and a size 18 Super Spade hook baited with a single maggot, having fed… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Peter Drennan visits Milo in Milan
During last week Peter Drennan travelled to northern Italy to visit Milo Columbo and his team at the Milo headquarters in Milan. Milo and Peter have been friends for nearly twenty years but it was only in 2011 that they began working together. As a result of the collaboration with… Read more
Phil Isaac’s excellent Chub
Thanks to Phil Isaac from Hitchin for this excellent photograph of a 5lb Chub, caught from the River Ivel in Bedfordshire just before season end. Phil fished a short evening session after work on a nice mild overcast day with 9 degrees air temperature, and with the river fining down… Read more
Match Report by Drennan Team England’s Stu Conroy
On Saturday I was at Partridge Lakes near Cultcheth for the last match in their Winter league series. This venue hadn’t been particularly kind to me at the drawbag this year, but it’s a lovely venue so I was looking forward to the match anyway. Maybe this was my turn… Read more
Dan Sales’ beautiful Ivel Chub
Hertfordshire specimen angler Dan Sales caught this beautiful Chub just before the season ended on the River Ivel, seen here with the Drennan Camo Keepnet he’s been using recently. For full details on the Drennan Keepnet range, including the camo versions which are available in two sizes, retailing at £26.95… Read more
Anthony Rowland’s Dorset Frome Grayling
Taunton angler Anthony Rowland caught this monster 3lb 4oz Grayling from the Dorset Frome recently, winning a weekly Drennan Cup award in the Angling Times. Anthony trotted maggots along the near margins of the river to fool the big ‘lady’, also taking a 2lb 6oz fish on the same day!… Read more