Drennan Team England have put on a great fish-catching display and are currently in 2nd place after the first day of the European Championship. This year’s event is on the Lage Vaart Canal in Holland, the same place that held the World Championship in 2009. Conditions have been difficult for most of… Read more
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Team England Are All Set For Almere
The Drennan Team England squad have had a mixed week during the official practice sessions with sport being extremely difficult for all 26 nations on the Lage Vaart Canal. As expected, perch are the main target species but there are a few better roach about and bonus bream on the long… Read more
A European Championship Weekend
Today is the last official practice session for Drennan Team England and the other 25 nations involved in the European Championship. The venue this year is the Lage Vaart Canal in Almere, Holland, which has been used several times in international events. This basically translates as the Lower Level Canal, so… Read more
Well Done Jack
A belated well done to Jack Damant who fished really well to win the 2016 Fish’O’Mania Junior event at Cudmore Fishery. Sixteen-year-old Jack from Ipswich won with 17.2kg, which included a healthy variety of species including carp, F1s, ide, barbel and skimmers. A great performance earned him £1,000 and the all-important Junior… Read more
Huge Rudd On First Trip
All-round angler, Matthew Fernandez from Southampton managed to slip the net under two personal best rudd during his first trip to a new venue. “With nothing to really go by on the signs of fish, I dropped in a swim on the end of a fresh wind. I located a… Read more
Supplex Fluorocarbon For Chub
The near-invisible properties of 0.13mm (2.6lb) Supplex Fluorocarbon helped Brian Gay fool this wily old chub from a local river. The angling journalist and film maker caught the fish in 18 inches of gin-clear water, using single maggot on a size 19 Kamasan B711 hook under a 1.2g Crystal Waggler. In Brian’s… Read more