Simon Willsmore and Darren Davies are £1,750 richer after winning the last round of the Pole Fishing Pairs series with a double-section-winning performance. This excellent competition run by Pole Fishing magazine and sponsored by Preston Innovations with rounds held at Barston Lakes & Packington Fishery, Messingham Sands, Lindholme Lakes and, finally, Makins Fishery…. Read more
Category: Match Fishing
Davies Wins Medway Tackle Silverfish League
Drennan star Darren Davies has won the Medway Tackle Silverfish League held at Frant Lakes. Forty anglers fished this competitive series at the Kent venue. Here’s how Darren got on in each of the rounds: Round 1: I drew Sunken Island Lake and had 12lb of skimmers, mostly at 14.5 metres… Read more
A Winning Finale
After 10 hard-fought rounds, Drennan Bordon’s Russ Grimes finished the Tunnel Barn Farm Winter League in style with a tidy 90lb match win. Here’s his account of a winning finale: It’s been very up and down for me this year at Tunnel Barn for the 20 teams of four winter league. The… Read more
No Changes To Gold-Medal Winning Feeder Team
Congratulations to Drennan-backed Dean Barlow for once again being selected to represent his country for this year’s World Feeder Championship. The Preston Innovations England Feeder Team remains unchanged after it won both team and individual gold medals so convincingly in Ireland last year. It consists of Steve Ringer, Phil Ringer, Dean Barlow,… Read more
137lb Win With Silverfish Match Hooks
Rob ‘Weasel’ Deacon managed to win the latest open at Orchard Place Farm with an impressive 137lb 12oz. Not bad in winter and on his first visit for five years! The Drennan Bordon team man’s impressive winter catch consisted of 76 F1s and showed the importance of working the peg and varying swims to keep fish… Read more
Willsmore Wins On The Canal
Simon Willsmore won the latest round of the Basingstoke Canal League with this hard-earned 10lb 10oz catch. Fishing the stretch at Ash Vale, near Gold Valley Lakes, Simon found himself drawn on an icy Peg 12. Here’s his account of the match: “It was frozen to start with, so I fed punch at 6m just… Read more