Thank you to young specialist angler Carl Smith for this fantastic Barbel–Chub brace shot, taken on the little River Sussex Ouse! Simple tactics were all that were required; Bread or Maggots presented on either a size 12 Super Specialist hook for the Chub, or the stronger Super Specialist Barbel for… Read more

Thanks to Gary Newman for this picture of a cracking Tope from the English Channel recently, as featured in his Angling Adventures feature in the Anglers Mail. Gary fished aboard “Moonshine” skippered by Pete Churchill, and embarked from Southsea Marina. The bait used was a section of fresh Mackerel, presented… Read more

Drennan’s South East Sales Representative Mike Davidson sent us these pictures of three cracking Fenland Rudd he caught using the new Drennan Acolyte 14ft rod recently  Weighing in at 2lb 12oz 8drams, 2lb 10oz and 2lb 4oz respectively they all came on the Waggler with bread as bait. “The rod was absolutely… Read more

Dave Harman has had a good season with big Tench on a difficult water – this recent beauty weighing just under 9lb. Dave won the Drennan Cup back in 1999 and has a tremendous career tally of big Tench – this fish coming during a brief period of mad activity when… Read more

Oxfordshire specimen angler Steve Russell bagged this gorgeous carp whilst Tench fishing earlier this Summer on a local lake! The big Mirror weighed in at 32lb 2oz and tested his tackle to the limit during the tussle in and out of the weed.   Steve was wisely fishing a ‘sleeper’ rod… Read more