Wayne Swinscoe explains how a bold, single-minded attack with hemp and tares lead to a match winning net from the River Trent. After two days of the Burton Festival I was disappointed to be out of the running as far as the overall title was concerned, even though I’d caught double… Read more
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Herbert Wins Carrick Festival
Matt Herbert is €1,300 richer after winning Ireland’s Carrick On Shannon Festival. Unlike many festivals on the Emerald Isle, this event is decided on section points rather than accumulated weight and, after an excellent week’s angling, the Drennan Oxford team man was crowned the overall champion. This event demands all-round ability… Read more
Shallow Tricks
Our latest mini website article focuses on a very successful pole fishing technique that is affectionately called ‘slapping’. If you haven’t tried the tactic, it’s a devilishly simple trick that could put a few more fish in your keepnet this weekend! Download the article: Slap To Success (300Kb PDF file)
Now In Aqua
Our hugely popular 1.1pt Maggibox is now available in aqua! There surely cannot be many anglers out there who don’t own at least one or two Drennan Maggiboxes? Most bait boxes were round before the square Maggibox came on the scene to neaten up everyone’s side trays! These tubs have stood the test… Read more
Martin Bowler On Specimen Roach
Martin Bowler is the cover star of this week’s Angling Times. Inside, the ‘Catching The Impossible’ television star passes on some of his immense knowledge on specimen roach. Also inside, Paul Yates spends a session after skimmer bream to demonstrate the thinking processes a top matchman goes through as he strives… Read more
Acolyte Carp Takes The Strain
Although putting any pole under this amount of pressure cannot be advised, we still feel that this striking image of Alan Scotthorne’s Acolyte Carp pole placed under immense strain shows why he rates it so highly! The fish was a foul-hooked barbel, hooked with pink Carp Bungee elastic in six metres of raging… Read more