Jamie Cartwright has finally broken his personal best tench with a magnificent 11lb 15oz specimen! Here’s how the reigning Drennan Cup Champion did it:
Category: Catch Reports
Four Colossal F1s For 26lb!
In-form Chris Vandervleit has recently won a match with a 141lb 11oz catch that included four massive F1s for 26lb! These selectively bred hybrids rarely reach such large sizes in commercial fisheries, but they seem to have thrived at Cross Drove, near Thetford in Norfolk. These are mature fish and the biggest… Read more
Thames Looking Good
Carl Eland has had a great couple of days on the River Thames at Abingdon on the opening week of the river season. The Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths’ member commented: “Everyone has been concerned about how the river would fish after the devastating floods that affected most of the UK, and… Read more
1, 2, 3 For Drennan Oxford!
Drennan Oxford have had a productive couple of weeks on the Kennet & Avon Canal. First up was an open two weekends ago where team members Matt Herbert, Tom Hobbs and Gary Barclay filled the top three places. Everyone wished for the end peg draw at Iron Bridge and this fell… Read more
Drennan Bordon Give MBK Juniors A Helping Hand
The Drennan Bordon team had the pleasure of being invited down to their local MBK Leisures fishery last Friday evening as special guests and helpers for their latest junior match. It was held at the Pump Station, Greatham, Hampshire, and run by father and daughter, Ken and Kendra Wright, along with invaluable help from Clair… Read more
Scott’s 3lb Cumbrian Perch
Many thanks to Scott Thomson for sending us in this great photo of a beautiful perch he caught using the ever-successful Super Specialist hooks. Scott tells us he caught it from “a small Cumbrian water and it weighed in at 3lb. The bait was a small roach livebait on a size 4… Read more