This handsome 3lb 1oz Roach/Bream hybrid was caught by Alan Murphy, aged 20, who lives near Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, using a Drennan Glow Tip Antenna float. Alan used a Series 7 Tench & Specimen Float 13ft rod to present his float, and although on the day the… Read more
Category: Specimen
Dave Harman’s Groundbait Feeder Tench Rig
Surrey’s Dave Harman with a huge 10lb 9oz fish from his considerable back-catalogue of specimen Tench! For our many younger readers, Dave won the Drennan Cup in 1999 having enjoyed a truly sensational 1998-99 season, catching several double figure Tench to 10lb 14oz, big Eels to over 7lb, plus specimen Perch… Read more
Ian Henderson’s Specimen Hertfordshire Perch
Ian Henderson won a weekly Drennan Cup award in Tuesday’s Angling Times with this specimen Stillwater Perch, which weighed in at 4lb 8oz! Ian has done well at the Hertfordshire venue recently and started this particular trip by first bagging a 2lb 2oz Roach! A simple legered Lobworm tail on… Read more
Paul Elt’s Beautiful Spring Carp
Thanks to St Neots ace angler Paul Elt for this truly gorgeous picture of a fully scaled Spring Carp – probably the best looking carp image we’ve received in 2013 to date! Paul always likes to start Spring with a few carp before switching to the Tench when things really… Read more
Series 7 Puddle Chucker Competition Feeder Action!
This exciting action photo was sent by Milen Petrov – playing a big fish on a Series 7 Puddle Chucker Competition Feeder 12ft rod! That’s a lovely bend in that rod… Accomplished angler Milen is originally from Bulgaria but is now based in Surrey, and caught these wonderful Tench and… Read more
Scott’s Bonus Perch Brace
Kent’s Scott Cordingley took advantage of a brief opportunity to catch some Perch – and promptly caught a brace of 2lbers! Scott had organised a 48hr Charity Carp Match and was preoccupied with making sure it all went smoothly, but managed to snatch a few minutes at dusk to use… Read more