Matt Barnett and Alex Clements have recently been selected to fish for the Drennan Team England Under 23s squad set to compete in Serbia later this year. Here’s a combined account of what it took the two Drennan Bordon team mates to earn their selection during rigorous trials held on the… Read more
Alan Scotthorne has come back from a testing couple of weeks down at White Acres but, as always, there have been plenty of useful lessons to take away from the experience. I have just completed two festivals at White Acres in Cornwall where the fishing has been first class. The first was… Read more
Chris Vandervleit scored back-to-back wins over the Bank Holiday weekend on two different venues. The well respected southern match ace kicked things off with a level 65lb win at Hertfordshire’s Willows Lakes, consisting of 30lb of bream and 35lb of carp on the short-range feeder. “I threw 10 balls of Bait-Tech F1 groundbait 20 yards out,… Read more
Jon Arthur has returned from his annual pilgrimage to Cornwall for the White Acres Milo Festival. Here’s how he got on: You never stop learning when you compete in a White Acres festival and this year was no different. I was down to fish the Milo Festival, which is the final big individual… Read more
Canal specialists Simon Preece and Simon Mottram are through to the Canal & River Trust Pairs Final after a great performance on the Shropshire Union Canal. Simon, who fishes for Drennan North West, takes up their story: “After winning the one-off Canal Pairs competition run by the Angling Trust last year, Simon… Read more
Match-ace Dean Barlow explains his top baits for commercial fisheries at this time of year: CASTERS – I love casters for shallow fishing. A nice steady stream of casters falling through the layers is perfect for catching F1s and big carp alike. I usually start by feeding a dozen or so casters with a catty. As… Read more
