CONGRATULATIONS to Northampton’s Jamie Cartwright, voted the 2013-14 Drennan Cup Winner! Jamie is shown here with a brace of Chub caught from consecutive casts in October, which weighed 7lb oz and 7lb 1oz. Jamie enjoyed a spectacular season studded with huge fish of various species – including specimen Chub, Bream,… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup
Drennan Cup Winner Announced
This week’s Angling Times announces the overall winner of the hotly contested Drennan Cup! In the same issue, the newly crowned specimen champion passes on 50 of the very best fish-catching tips to try. Martin Bowler also stars inside as he passes on some enlightening advice on catching big roach on… Read more
Mike Townsend’s Monster Roach!
Thank you to accomplished big Roach specialist Mike Townsend for photos of some of his latest monsters, caught on Carbon Match hooks to nylon! Mike travelled to a syndicate stillwater and bagged fish of 3lb 1oz, 2lb 7oz and another four between 1lb 8oz and 1lb 15oz – all on… Read more
Terry Hearn’s Majestic River Roach
Terry Hearn with a 2lb 14oz Thames System Roach – one of the most majestic photographs of the season to date! Tel caught the Roach using double maggot on a size 18 Drennan Wide Gape Match spade end hook, in conjunction with a tiny bomb – after catching a whole… Read more
Keith Speer’s 3lb River Roach
Hertfordshire angler Keith Speer with a spectacular 3lb river Roach caught using one of our Super Specialist hooks! The specimen Roach came from one of Keith’s local rivers and deservedly won a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times recently. It was outwitted by trotting a single red maggot on… Read more
Jerry Antrobus with a Huge Chalkstream Grayling
Jerry Antrobus from Wiltshire with a huge 3lb 9oz chalkstream grayling, which was caught on 4.4lb Drennan Floatfish line. Jerry won a weekly Drennan Award in last week’s issue of Angling Times for the huge fish – which was outwitted by trotting sweetcorn on a size 12 hook beneath a… Read more