Dean Derbyshire, 21, is enjoying a terrific winter on the Dorset Stour – this 15lb 6oz Barbel his latest specimen! Dean notched another weekly Drennan award in last weeks issue of Angling Times for this excellent photo. Hardwork and effort was certainly rewarded with this fish, since Dean had gone… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Steve Rowley’s 24lb Gravel Pit Pike
Drennan Pike consultant & EsoxWorld editor Steve Rowley bagged this gravel pit 24lb Pike whilst testing a pre-production sample E-Sox rod just recently, before catching a considerably bigger one, as featured in this week’s Anglers Mail magazine! The fish came during a 48 hour trip to a gravel pit he’d… Read more
George Cornwell’s Avon Barbel & Pub Dinner!
Thank you to Bournemouth, Dorset angler George Cornwell for this magical photo of his recent 12lb 6oz Hampshire Avon Barbel. The fish fell to a paste wrapped boilie presented on a large running lead, with an 18-inch 12lb Drennan Gravel Braid hooklink through to an ultra-reliable size 8 Continental Boilie… Read more
Carl Smith’s Sussex Stream Chub Video
Young angler Carl Smith, 17, from Haywards Heath in Sussex, ventured out into the snow at the weekend to a small stream near his home, in search of Chub. After walking to the venue, Carl set up an improvised leger rig incorporating a size 14 Super Specialist hook baited with dead red… Read more
Ryan’s Itchen Chub Haul
Thank you to Ryan Hayden for details on an excellent catch of Chub on Hampshire’s River Itchen before the snow arrived last week – caught on a Series 7 Competition Float 13ft rod. On a very cold morning Ryan expected a struggle for bites, but having located a far bank… Read more
Ian’s Floodwater Kennet Barbel
Drennan’s Ian Brooker was one of several astute specimen anglers to take advantage of the mild floods over the Christmas period with this 12lb 4oz River Kennet Barbel. With the river the highest he’d ever seen it, Ian stayed mobile and spent a bit of time searching out various swims,… Read more