Alan Scotthorne prepares for the European Championship, which takes place on the Hensies-Pommerœul Canal next weekend in Bernissart, Belgium. Normally we travel out for two weeks practice for the European Championship with Drennan Team England, but due to some extra work being carried out on this year’s venue, a large canal… Read more
Category: Match Fishing
River Ace Wins Opening Match At Evesham
Well-respected flowing water specialist, Paul Glenfield, got amongst the bream in the first midweek match of the season on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham. Sixty eight anglers lined the historic stretch of river and with a tinge of extra colour and a healthy pace there were some decent weights throughout…. Read more
A Great Result In Holland
England Feeder team member, Dean Barlow, reports back from a successful Dutch tournament. It’s certainly been a busy time of late, having only just got back from a trip to Ireland to fish this year’s World Champs venue, I was packing my bag again. This time I was heading to… Read more
Four Colossal F1s For 26lb!
In-form Chris Vandervleit has recently won a match with a 141lb 11oz catch that included four massive F1s for 26lb! These selectively bred hybrids rarely reach such large sizes in commercial fisheries, but they seem to have thrived at Cross Drove, near Thetford in Norfolk. These are mature fish and the biggest… Read more
Thames Looking Good
Carl Eland has had a great couple of days on the River Thames at Abingdon on the opening week of the river season. The Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths’ member commented: “Everyone has been concerned about how the river would fish after the devastating floods that affected most of the UK, and… Read more
1, 2, 3 For Drennan Oxford!
Drennan Oxford have had a productive couple of weeks on the Kennet & Avon Canal. First up was an open two weekends ago where team members Matt Herbert, Tom Hobbs and Gary Barclay filled the top three places. Everyone wished for the end peg draw at Iron Bridge and this fell… Read more