Waltham Abbey, Essex Barbel angler Keith Locke with a huge 16lb 4oz River Kennet fish – winning him a weekly Drennan Cup Award in Angling Times recently! Keith had already taken an 8lb 6oz fish from the club stretch when the big fish took his 22mm Halibut Pellet hookbait. “The… Read more
Category: Specimen
Paul Elt’s Lovely Fenland Rudd
This lovely photo of a specimen Fenland Rudd was sent in by Paul Elt from St Neots. Rudd are suckers for a well presented maggot hookbait in the upper layers of the water – Paul using a 3g Glow Tip Peacock to fool this example. These floats cast well, feature… Read more
Chris Turnbull’s Norfolk Tench Haul
Well known all-rounder Chris Turnbull enjoyed a superb recent session on one of his local Norfolk stillwaters, his 20 fish catch being topped by Tench of 9lb 15oz and 10lb 10oz! Chris also had a further 9lber and four x 8lbers to complete a really memorable trip. Chris used 10lb… Read more
Jim Mathews’ Sussex Stillwater Perch
Essex specimen angler Jim Mathews won a weekly Drennan award for this stupendous 5lb 9oz Perch – caught from a Sussex Stillwater. Jim fished an area near an overhanging bush, and used a jumbo king prawn hookbait over a bed of broken prawn pieces to tempt the huge stripy, along… Read more
Adam Perna’s Majestic Roach
Oxfordshire specialist angler Adam Perna, from Bicester, caught this majestic specimen roach recently, which weighed in at 3lb 5oz! Adam has fished hard through the Winter for a fish of this size, and triumphed with a helicopter maggot feeder rig baited with two red maggots and incorporating 3lb 4oz Drennan… Read more
Chris Ladds’ beautiful Rudd
Berkshire specimen angler Chris Ladds caught this magnificent Rudd from an Oxfordshire lake recently, which weighed 2lb 14oz, caught as part of a fantastic quartet of fish. Chris also took other specimens of 2lb 12oz, 2lb 11oz & 2lb 11oz, which won him a weekly Drennan Cup award in the… Read more