Greg Sire from France caught his first tench of 2016 during a short session after work. “I fished for two hours on a small lake near my house,” the Drennan fan explained. “I chose to pole fish at 10 metres and only used 1kg of special roach groundbait and some bloodworm. “In the first hour I caught many roach… Read more
Category: Species
Time For Tench
Tench are on the feed if our recent session at Docklow Pools is anything to go by. We recently spent an enjoyable day filming on the picturesque Tench Lake at the excellent Docklow Pools near Leominster. This is one of the newest lakes at the Herefordshire venue and a popular draw for holidaymakers. It… Read more
Fun And Fish At Stafford Moor
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
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