Former Drennan Cup winner, Jamie Cartwright struck gold on the last day of the season, landing his biggest perch of the year from the Great Ouse. “After a few days of frustration where the river was very high and coloured, it dropped just right for the final day of the… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Loddon Chub On Cheese Paste
Drennan employee Ian Brooker spent an afternoon just before the close season roving the banks of the River Loddon in search of chub. “As soon as I got to the river I grabbed my ball of cheese paste and went for a wander, baiting half a dozen swims with a few small… Read more
Loddon Barbel On The Float
Drennan’s Ian Brooker managed to land this impressive barbel on the float recently from the River Loddon. As it had been a cold night and with snow flurries and hail showers on the drive to the river I decided to feed the chosen swim for a little longer than normal…. Read more
Chub On The Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder
Pictured is a handsome 6lb 11oz chub caught by Drennan’s Richard Norris from his favourite stretch of the Thames in Oxfordshire. This was the best of seven fish, all caught on the new Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder rod and a medium 40g Heavyweight Cage Feeder packed with coarsely liquidised bread. The best hook bait was… Read more
Second 7lb Chub In A Week!
Less than a week after landing a huge Thames chub of 7lb 10oz Mike Davidson has managed to land another huge chub of 7lb 4oz. Like London buses, two came along in quick succession for the Drennan Sales Agent. The area was somewhere he had been meaning to fish for… Read more
Big Avon Chub For Gaz
Gaz Fareham has been making the most of recent sessions on the Hampshire Avon in search of big chub. The run up had been looking good as we’d had a few floods come through in January, but it had been fining down quite nicely and I was hoping the Stour would be in… Read more