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
Category: Species
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
Roach On A Cheese Sandwich
Tony Peet from Wigan has finally got back on his favourite River Ribble, with some impressive roach succumbing to his ‘cheese sandwich’ hook bait. After a bit of a break it was great to get back on the River Ribble. The river had been up and although dropping was still carrying some colour,… 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
River Itchen Roach
Matthew Fernandez from Southampton managed to squeeze in a short two-hour session after work on the River Itchen and managed to land several roach to 1lb 4oz. Matthew traveled light, taking only a net, a pint of maggots, a pocket full of tackle and his 13ft Acolyte Ultra float rod… Read more
Huge Pike Brace For Steve Rowley
After a two week spell of freezing cold weather, E-Sox consultant Steve Rowley took advantage of a rise in temperature by bagging a superb brace of pike weighing 28lb 10oz and 27lb 12oz. Both fish fell to simple legered sardine dead baits with the first fish coming mid-morning and the… Read more