London based big fish ace Neill Stephen rightly won the Drennan Cup in 2011 with a string of big fish capped by a British Record Perch last March. Despite increased family pressures on his time, Neill has enjoyed another spectacular year, with double figure Tench, specimen eels and a thirty… Read more
Category: Specimen
Mark Erdwin’s chubby Chub
Thanks to Reading angler Mark Erdwin for this fine picture of a very fat Chub from the River Loddon, which weighed in at 6lb, caught with another specimen of 5lb 8oz. Mark adopted roving tactics on the river during the last week of the season, with a quivertip & link… Read more
Drennan’s Ian Brooker Hits Jackpot with Monster Chub
Drennan’s Ian Brooker has spent the last two winters in search of a really big Chub, and with just two days before the river season was due to close he hit the jackpot. Fishing for a few hours after work in cold, foggy conditions he managed one Chub but wasn’t… Read more
Paul Elt chooses Drennan
We really enjoyed reading issue 255 of ‘Improve Your Coarse Fishing’ magazine, and was really pleased to see Paul Elt using our Red Maggot hooks and Avon floats (amongst other things) in his great article on trotting. If you’ve not had the opportunity to read it yet, then you’re in… Read more