If you haven’t tried the Method feeder for river barbel, Martin Bowler thinks you could be missing out! The top all-round specimen hunter is a massive fan of the tactic, as he proved with an early season session on the River Wye. He typically tackles up with a Drennan Big River Barbel… Read more
Category: Specimen
2lb Rudd With Puddle Chucker Floats
Gareth Goldson has sent us this great photo of two of his best rudd from a recent session in the Fens. The fish were caught using bread presented with 4lb Supplex line, a 3g loaded Puddle Chucker waggler and a size 12 Super Specialist hook. “These were two of seven rudd… Read more
Huge Dace On Opening Day Of The Season
Scott Cordingley has sent us some pictures of an impressive dace from the Stour that he weighed in at 1lb 1oz. The specimen fish is Scott’s personal best and was caught on June 16th from the River Stour in Canterbury, Kent. He used a 1g Drennan Stick Float, Supplex line and… Read more
Gareth’s Brace of Fenland Rudd
Many thanks to Drennan Cup 2012-13 winner (and 2013-14’s Runner-up!), the Norfolk-based Gareth Goldson for this great photo of some Fenland Rudd he caught recently using a Drennan Puddle Chucker Float. The beautiful brace of Rudd weighed in at 2.8 and 2.4 respectively and were caught float-fishing on the Fens using 4lb Supplex… Read more
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Scott’s 3lb Cumbrian Perch
Many thanks to Scott Thomson for sending us in this great photo of a beautiful perch he caught using the ever-successful Super Specialist hooks. Scott tells us he caught it from “a small Cumbrian water and it weighed in at 3lb. The bait was a small roach livebait on a size 4… Read more