Gaz Fareham has been making the most of recent sessions on the Hampshire Avon in search of big chub. The run up had been looking good as we’d had a few floods come through in January, but it had been fining down quite nicely and I was hoping the Stour would be in… Read more
Category: Chub
Stour Chub Haul For Theo
Terry Theobald recently spent a day of the banks of the Dorset Stour in search of chub and was certainly rewarded for his efforts. Theo used his trusty 15ft MatchPro Ultralight float rod with a small fixed spool reel loaded with 4lb 4oz Float Fish mainline and a simple trotting setup consisting of a… Read more
Loddon Chub For Ian
Drennan’s Ian Brooker had a successful session on the River Loddon recently targeting chub. “It was the first time I’d fished the river this season and really wanted to catch on the float so I started off by spraying red maggots to a long far bank glide upstream of an… Read more
Huge Upper Thames Chub
Drennan Sales Agent Mike Davidson recently set a new personal best chub from the Thames weighing an impressive 7lb 10oz! “It was a new personal best for me by 6 ounces, a personal best I had been trying to up before the season finished. The fish came first cast on a… Read more
6lb 14oz Chub For Paul Elt
Paul Elt was rewarded with this impressive specimen chub along with 7 others after persevering with trotting tactics in very windy conditions. “I set myself a target of a 7lb chub on the float this winter, it’s been hard going with the conditions always against me, flooded rivers have meant… Read more
Chub On The Kennet
Stu Lennox has been having some great sport targeting chub on a local stretch of the River Kennet. The fish were all taken on bread flake, trotted down the swim under a 1 Swan Loafer with a size 10 Super Specialist hook tied to 0.17mm Supplex Fluorocarbon. “I fed a couple of balls… Read more