Sussex all-rounder Lee Chatfield has experienced some great pike sport on a southern syndicate lake. Lee’s pike season has definitely off to a flying start, after managing to land not just one brace of 20lb pike, but two, in as many weeks from the 18-acre venue. His first short weekend session resulted… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
2lb Roach On Stick Float Tactics
Drennan’s Stewart Moss was delighted to catch this big river roach on Christmas Eve from a local Upper Thames tributary. It weighed 2lb 3oz and was part of a catch of 17 roach, all caught trotting a stick float with a Matchpro Ultralight 14ft rod, Okuma Centrepin and 50m of 4lb Double… Read more
Champ's 4lb River Ouse Perch
Reigning Drennan Cup Champion Jamie Cartwright from Northampton has been on the trail of big perch from one of his local rivers. Arriving at dawn for a short morning session, Jamie knew it was going to be a hard day with the thermometer in his car reading -3ºC! Jamie explains… Read more
Grayling On The Loafer
Matthew Fernandez has recently been fishing the lower River Itchen in Hampshire targeting grayling using traditional trotting tactics. “I fished a spot where I knew there was a few big grayling. Conditions were less than ideal, the river high and coloured from recent rainfall, but with the slight chance of… Read more
Award-Winning Tackle From Drennan
Below is a showcase of some of our award-winning gems from 2014, as voted for by the public in the Angling Times’ National Angling Awards and also by readers of Coarse Fishing Answers, Match Fishing and Pole Fishing magazines. Thanks to every single one of you for voting! CRYSTAL DIBBERS… Read more
Eleven Chub For Pete On The DRX
Southampton based Pete Wilson recently enjoyed a great days fishing on the River Stour in Dorset targeting chub. Pete fed the swim with red maggots for 45 minutes before he made his first trot through the swim. As a result of the prior feeding the chub were already competing against… Read more