With winter in full swing and water temperature very low, it’s critical to balance all of your tackle. Top matchman Dean Barlow explains how. Fine lines and small hooks are needed to entice bites on these cold days, but it’s not only hooks and lines that need to be fined… Read more
Category: Match Fishing
Drennan Bordon’s Winning Weekend
It was a good weekend for the Drennan Bordon team, staring off at Willow Park Fishery where team captain and former Welsh international Dave Lewis won the Saturday open with 59 lb. Dave draw peg 1 on the small lake, fished 14mt pole and maggot into the corner for 9… Read more
Jon Arthur Joins Drennan Team
Jon Arthur will be joining Drennan from early March. After eight years at David Hall Publishing, Jon will be stepping down as Group Editor of Match Fishing and Pole Fishing magazines to pursue a new career in angling. Peter Drennan said: “We’re so pleased that Jon will be joining us… Read more
Wayne Swinscoe’s Match on the Welland
Thank you to top match angler Wayne Swinscoe for sending us a report on an interesting match on an up-and-coloured River Welland recently. “When the ‘Town Welland’ is in flood it’s not like any other river, the height of water can change really quick, going both up and down with… Read more
Roger Marlow’s Open Match Win
Drennan Leicester matchman and England Veterans international, Roger Marlow, has just won an open match at Lakeview Fisheries, Melton Mowbray, with an excellent 40lb 10oz netful! Roger used an Alan Scotthorne AS pole float to 0.11mm Supplex line and a size 20 Silverfish Maggot hook to fish two different lines at… Read more
Acolyte Pole Feedback from Drennan Leicester Captain
We’ve received this brilliant Acolyte Pole feedback from Nick Moss, captain of the Drennan Leicester match team:- “I’ve just acquired a new Drennan Acolyte Pole, so I thought I would test it out after having the Christmas/New Year break. I couldn’t have Christened it any better! Saturday saw me down… Read more