Thanks to Neil Maidment for these photos of big River Lodden Barbel caught recently from a tricky, narrow and weedy stretch of the river. A session at the end of June first produced a 7lb fish late into the evening, so Neil really put the effort in and stayed on,… Read more

Coventry’s much respected specimen angler Phil Smith has caught one of the very biggest Tench of 2013 with this 12lb 1oz monster! Phil has been fishing a really difficult, large gravel pit where just getting a bite is difficult – but the rewards are potentially high – as illustrated when… Read more

Thank you to Buckinghamshire’s Adam Perna for sending us this super picture of his recent new Personal Best Bream, which he caught on one of our hooks! Adam won a Drennan award in Angling Times recently for the huge 15lb 1oz fish – which was just reward for a dedicated… Read more

Thanks to Tom Aldous, aged 15 from Winchester for this lovely picture of his catch of River Wey Chub! Tom tells us he swapped and changed between using our Red Maggot hooks to nylon to present maggots, and a Super Specialist Barbel hook for small pieces of Cheese in order… Read more

Drennan’s Ian Brooker caught this huge Tench weighing 11lb 8oz on his last Tench session of the year, becoming his new PB for these red-eyed beauties! Arriving at the lake early evening, conditions looked perfect with a nice warm wind blowing and overcast skies. After quickly finding an area of… Read more

Thanks to Bedfordshire’s Brad Hollidge, aged 16, for this fine picture of a specimen River Ivel Chub he caught recently! Brad used Supplex line to a size 8 Super Specialist hook to stalk the chub on a low clear Summer river using bread, and after feeding up a spot over… Read more