Dean Luker couldn’t believe his luck when he finally managed to land this 20lb 4oz pike, following a one-hour-and-ten-minute battle after it snapped up a small fish that he was reeling in. He was float fishing at his local Ardingly Reservoir, in East Sussex, on the West Arm at Mill… Read more
Category: Acolyte
A Session With The Acolyte Margin Carp
We recently paid Heronbrook Fisheries a visit to put the Acolyte Margin Carp 9.5 through its paces. The result was a bulging catch of quality carp for Drennan’s resident ‘pole man’ Dan Varney! Tackling an attractive corner swim on Meadow Pool, Dan went for an all-out margin attack down both edges. The left-hand swim was… Read more
Shorty Pellet Waggler Video
We have just uploaded our latest video starring Alan Scotthorne as he puts the all-new Shorty Pellet Wagglers through their paces. Alan soon gets the fish competing up in the water and flexes his 12ft Acolyte Carp Waggler rod to amass a really impressive bag of fish at Hayfield Lakes. Shorty Pellet… Read more
"A Wonderful Piece Of Kit"
Stuart Rourke has written a nice user report on his Acolyte Ultra 13ft rod, which he has kindly given us permission to reproduce below: Now, I love waggler fishing. In particular, I love waggler fishing for silvers but with so little of my time spent doing it due to fishing matches… Read more
Award-Winning Tackle From Drennan
Below is a showcase of some of our award-winning gems from 2014, as voted for by the public in the Angling Times’ National Angling Awards and also by readers of Coarse Fishing Answers, Match Fishing and Pole Fishing magazines. Thanks to every single one of you for voting! CRYSTAL DIBBERS… Read more
Acolyte Carp On Test
The multi-award-winning Drennan Acolyte Carp pole is reviewed in this month’s issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing. You can read all about this amazing pole in Issue 293 of Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine, which hits the newsagents today and is also available in digital form for Android and iOS devices.