A quick top tip from Drennan Team England member Steve Hemingray concerning line management:- “Sometimes, and especially in shallow water when feeder or waggler fishing, your line doesn’t always sink as well as you would like. A great way of improving the sink rate of all reel lines is to… Read more
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Mike Welsh’s Double Figure Stillwater Bream
Yorkshire Angler Mike Welsh has been doing well with the new Drennan Flat Method Feeders – his recent catches including this double figure Bream. Mike has been fishing a Stillwater near Ripon in North Yorkshire, and has recently been catching numbers of Tench to around 4lb, plus this fine Bream… Read more
Everything is Slightly Different in Match Conditions – By Alan Scotthorne
I had a rare opportunity to fish a match on peg 48 on Bonsai lake, that I had drawn just five days earlier in an eighty peg Open. I won that time with 130lb, sixty pounds of silver fish and the rest made up of F1s. In the opening hour… Read more
Simon Ashton’s Scottish Roach Haul
Durham big-fish maestro Simon Ashton won a weekly Drennan Award recently for an astonishing, pioneering catch of monster Roach from a wild Scottish Stillwater. Simon is no stranger to big fish, and is actually the current holder of the British Dace record with a 2002 fish of 1lb 5oz from… Read more
Des Taylor’s Severn Barbel
Famous angling writer Des Taylor enjoyed a spectacular end to the river season with a barbel bonanza on his beloved River Severn near Bewdley – catching a number of fish capped by this wonderful 13lb specimen. Des has fished the river for many years – and has seen the barbel… Read more
Michael Townsend’s Stillwater Roach
Yorkshire specialist angler & Don Valley Specialist Group member Michael Townsend was one of the lucky winners of one of the Drennan Camo Keepnets in a competition run by Martin Bowler recently. Michael has an enviable record with specimen sized roach, and in the past has caught genuine monsters of… Read more