Durham “Dace Ace” Simon Ashton – reigning British record holder for the species – has been out bagging on the River Wear with a Matchpro Ultralight 15ft! Simon actually purchased an original Drennan DRX Ultralight 15ft back in 2002 – and was really looking forward to getting his hands on… Read more
Category: Catch Reports
Sean’s New Personal Best Perch!
Drennan’s Sean Trafford – an experienced carp angler – decided to turn his hand to some specimen Perch fishing with the onset of cold weather, and this stripy beauty was the result! Sean fished an Oxfordshire Stillwater and despite a sharp frost, set out at dawn to target big Perch… Read more
Trotting For Big Roach & Dace At Dawn
This wonderfully atmospheric photo shows Hampshire’s Matt Tann trotting for big Roach & Dace at dawn using the a new Drennan Matchpro Ultralight 15ft rod! Matt fishes all his local southern rivers & chalk streams on occasion, generally preferring to trot a float wherever possible for the fast biting Dace… Read more
Bernd Werner’s Tremendous German Carp: Part 2
Earlier this month German carp angler Bernd Werner sent us some wonderful carp photos and part 1 of the accompanying story, with all the fish caught on his classic 1990’s Drennan Distance Carp rods! Bernd continues with more details on his tactics, and with some more great photos “Because it… Read more
New Product Meeting at Drennan HQ
Area managers from across the UK met with Peter Drennan, Alan Scotthorne and others at Drennan HQ in Oxford recently for a preview of new products for the start of 2013. With the production times involved in tooling, testing and manufacture in our own factories, new items are often… Read more
Matt Tann’s Wonderful Trotted Roach
Hampshire angler Matthew Tann with a wonderful Hampshire Avon Roach, which weighed 2lb 14oz! This specimen was part of a terrific catch of fish featured in Angling Times recently, and deservedly won a weekly Drennan Cup Award. Whilst regularly feeding the swim with brown breadcrumb, hemp and maggots little and… Read more