Drennan Bordon’s Peter Kay reports back from another eventful week competing on the Pole Rigs Silverfish Festival at Stafford Moor. Well it was that time of year again to head off down to the lovely Stafford Moor in Devon in the delightful company of owners Paul and Jo for the… Read more
Category: Species
Keep It Simple For Commercial Silvers
Silverfish on commercials have become a major target for Wayne Swinscoe lately. Here he explains the tackle and tactics he’s been using to great effect. Commercial silverfish matches now play a big part in my winter and springtime fishing… and I love ’em! I’ve been concentrating on these types of venues the last three winters, mainly because… Read more
Chub On The Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder
Pictured is a handsome 6lb 11oz chub caught by Drennan’s Richard Norris from his favourite stretch of the Thames in Oxfordshire. This was the best of seven fish, all caught on the new Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder rod and a medium 40g Heavyweight Cage Feeder packed with coarsely liquidised bread. The best hook bait was… Read more
Second 7lb Chub In A Week!
Less than a week after landing a huge Thames chub of 7lb 10oz Mike Davidson has managed to land another huge chub of 7lb 4oz. Like London buses, two came along in quick succession for the Drennan Sales Agent. The area was somewhere he had been meaning to fish for… Read more
Big Avon Chub For Gaz
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
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