Well done to London angler Mark Pilley who won a recent weekly Drennan award in Angling Times for this magnificent photo of his recent 3lb Grayling! Mark travelled down to Hampshire to fish the beautiful River Itchen and presented a single red maggot on a size 16 Super Specialist hook… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup
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
Jake Davoile Lea Monster Chub!
Coventry’s Jake Davoile with a spectacular River Lea Chub winning him a weekly Drennan Award in Angling Times recently! The huge specimen weighed 8lb 12oz and is one of the biggest reported Chub of the 2012-13 season to date. Fishery Officer Jake, caught the fish with roving quivertip tactics, using… Read more
Carl Welch’s Huge Thames Barbel
London specimen hunter Carl Welch capped a string of recent big fish from the Thames with this 18lb 1oz stunner! Having caught numerous huge Chub from the river recently, Carl subsequently bagged a 15lb 12oz Barbel a couple of weeks ago. He then returned to his pre-baited area for the… Read more
John Turner’s River Anker Record Barbel
Tamworth angler John Turner with a 15lb 10oz Barbel from the River Anker in the midlands (which we understand is a new river record), winning John a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times! With the river up and coloured, John fished a club run stretch and hooked the fish… Read more
Rory Kingerley’s Big River Perch
Rory Kingerley works at Apollo Angling in Surrey – and ably demonstrated his qualifications in advising how to tackle up and catch big Perch by catching this wonderful 4lb 1oz specimen! Rory won a weekly Drennan cup award for this excellent photograph of the fish. After a couple of hook-pulls… Read more