I have now got my feet firmly back on English soil after another trip onto the continent to sunny Spain where a second in the Saturday’s team match fishing with John Desque and three other top French internationals was the highlight of my weekend. (If you’ve not read part 1… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
A 7lb+ Chub By Design At 14 Years Of Age!
Young Oliver Jenkinson, aged 14, from Bedfordshire has enjoyed a spectacular season, catching big fish by design on a really consistent basis! The culmination of hard work is this quite superb Chub weighing 7lb 2oz from the Ouse system, which won him a deserved weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling… Read more
Phil Smith’s Spanish Roach & Carp Trip
Coventry’s famous specimen hunter Phil Smith has sent us some lovely photos of Spanish Roach like this beauty from the River Ebro, taking fish to 2lb 8oz during a recent trip. Phil used his Drennan Medium Feeder 11ft 6in to 13ft combo rod (at maximum length) – which was useful… Read more
Martin’s 14lb+ Barbel From 7 Different Rivers!
Martin Bowler caught this magnificent 14lb 9oz Thames Barbel a few weeks ago using one of the Drennan Specialist Barbel rods he helped us design! This fish made it 7 different UK rivers from which Martin has caught a 14lb+ specimen from, a most impressive record indeed. The Barbel was… Read more
Bruno’s Huge Thames Roach!
Young Oxford angler Bruno Rogers has sent us this photo of a sensational Roach caught from the River Thames last Winter. Bruno cleverly targeted an area where ducks regularly get fed bread, and as evening fell he cast a simple leger rig comprising a 3 Swan Link Leger to a… Read more
Dave Harpin’s Spoof-Angling-Times-Cover Wedding Present!
We recently got sent this brilliant ‘spoof’ Angling Times cover featuring popular match angler turned specimen hunter Dave Harpin, who recently got married to Louise. We are told Dave ‘used to be a very good match angler’ and fished for Daiwa Dorking, having previously fished for many years for Sensas… Read more