Terry Theobald recently spent a day of the banks of the Dorset Stour in search of chub and was certainly rewarded for his efforts. Theo used his trusty 15ft MatchPro Ultralight float rod with a small fixed spool reel loaded with 4lb 4oz Float Fish mainline and a simple trotting setup consisting of a… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Loddon Chub For Ian
Drennan’s Ian Brooker had a successful session on the River Loddon recently targeting chub. “It was the first time I’d fished the river this season and really wanted to catch on the float so I started off by spraying red maggots to a long far bank glide upstream of an… Read more
Huge Upper Thames Chub
Drennan Sales Agent Mike Davidson recently set a new personal best chub from the Thames weighing an impressive 7lb 10oz! “It was a new personal best for me by 6 ounces, a personal best I had been trying to up before the season finished. The fish came first cast on a… Read more
Elliott Wins Packington Winter League
Dave Elliott went home £1,000 richer at the weekend after topping the Drennan-backed Packington Winter League. The 10-round series was held on Molands, Annie’s, Gearys and Little Gearys lakes at the popular Midlands fishery, so a really diverse range of skills was needed to do well. Birmingham-based Dave was a popular winner and showed… Read more
Quality From The River Bure
Fifteen-year-old Jack Fairweather extracted these two fine specimens from his local River Bure in Norwich. The 1lb 12oz roach and 6lb chub were caught on separate sessions at the venue. A straightforward link leger rig with a lobworm hook bait on a size 10 hook proved to be the best approach. Well done Jack!
Roach On A Cheese Sandwich
Tony Peet from Wigan has finally got back on his favourite River Ribble, with some impressive roach succumbing to his ‘cheese sandwich’ hook bait. After a bit of a break it was great to get back on the River Ribble. The river had been up and although dropping was still carrying some colour,… Read more