Jon Arthur has just been crowned the 2015 UK Champion! Jon has now won the title an astonishing three times, a record only equalled by Tom Pickering since the competition’s inception way back in 1984. The UK Angling Championship, this year sponsored by Old Ghost, has to be one of the… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
6lb 1oz Chub From The Ock
Matthew Davies visited a stretch of the River Ock that he used to fish as a teenager and was soon steering this huge chub into the landing net. “It’s the biggest chub I have ever known from the river. 4lb-plus was a good fish, 5lb very rare and a 6lb… Read more
French Tench On the Method Feeder
Thierry Huet and his son Clément have had a great session catching tench on feeder tactics. Thierry, a retailer for the popular Magic Pêche stores in France, was fishing a lake in Loyat, Brittany, and caught these quality fish, plus some even bigger carp, with hair-rigged Dumbells and Method Feeder tactics.
Glorious Wye Barbel
Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald enjoyed a great days fishing on the River Wye recently targeting the shoals notoriously hard fighting barbel. During the morning session, Theo managed to land several hard fighting barbel to just over the 8lb mark. Using a simple running leger set up Theo filled his cage feeders with a… Read more
52 Is Dave's Magic Number!
How many of you have fished three times in three consecutive days and caught exactly the same weight each time? This amazing feat has just happened to Drennan Bordon team man Dave Lewis! First off was the Gold Valley Lakes Friday Open where Dave scored a section win with 52lb on Syndicate Lake. That consisted of eight carp on 11mm pellet… Read more
Double-Figure Carp From Rookery Waters
Julien Watson had an arm-aching battle with this double-figure carp during a recent session. The Drennan Area Manager was fishing at the popular Rookery Waters Fishery in Cambridgeshire when he hooked into something very substantial. “I had it on an 0.4g AS2 Rig fished on a running-line setup with my 11ft Acolyte Carp Waggler rod,”… Read more