Ryan Hayden has sent us some beautiful photos of Grayling from a recent session on the River Itchen in Hampshire. Ryan embarked on an early morning session in frosty conditions, and using maggot and corn hookbaits, caught about a dozen Grayling to 1lb 9oz! He used a Drennan Acolyte Ultra… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Wayne Swinscoe’s Match on the Welland
Thank you to top match angler Wayne Swinscoe for sending us a report on an interesting match on an up-and-coloured River Welland recently. “When the ‘Town Welland’ is in flood it’s not like any other river, the height of water can change really quick, going both up and down with… Read more
James Brookes Specimen Dane Chub
Thank you to James Brookes from Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire for sending us this photo of a 5lb 7oz specimen Chub caught from the River Dane in Cheshire recently. James tells us this is a massive fish for the river, which he was delighted to catch during the Christmas break. He used… Read more
Alan Stagg’s 27lb Pit Pike
The ever consistent Alan Stagg, Media Executive at Gardner Tackle, kindly shared this super 27lb Pike with us – which he caught recently at a large gravel pit. The big pike set a new personal best and fell to a small Sardine bait cast around 25 yards to a drop-off… Read more
Roger Marlow’s Open Match Win
Drennan Leicester matchman and England Veterans international, Roger Marlow, has just won an open match at Lakeview Fisheries, Melton Mowbray, with an excellent 40lb 10oz netful! Roger used an Alan Scotthorne AS pole float to 0.11mm Supplex line and a size 20 Silverfish Maggot hook to fish two different lines at… Read more
Christian Barker’s Chub Filled 2013
Christian Barker tells us he finished 2013 with 83 Suffolk Chub over 4lb – a very consistent year! He used a variety of baits – live insects, bread and cheese pastes and likes to use the Laguna SAC flavours and uses a Drennan Matchpro Medium Feeder rod for his quivertip… Read more