Drennan’s Ian Brooker caught this huge Tench weighing 11lb 8oz on his last Tench session of the year, becoming his new PB for these red-eyed beauties! Arriving at the lake early evening, conditions looked perfect with a nice warm wind blowing and overcast skies. After quickly finding an area of… Read more
Category: Specimen
Brad Hollidge’s Specimen River Chub
Thanks to Bedfordshire’s Brad Hollidge, aged 16, for this fine picture of a specimen River Ivel Chub he caught recently! Brad used Supplex line to a size 8 Super Specialist hook to stalk the chub on a low clear Summer river using bread, and after feeding up a spot over… Read more
Neill Stephen’s Huge Tench

Ace all-rounder and 2010-11 Drennan Cup winner Neill Stephen sent us this photo of a huge Tench he caught recently! Neill fished a large, difficult low stock southern pit and was rewarded with this beauty of 10lb 11oz. The big Tench was fooled with the aid of an ESP Two-Tone… Read more
Drennan’s Ian Brooker’s Gorgeous Gravel Pit Tench
Drennan’s Ian Brooker caught this 9lb1oz Tench as part of a 5 fish catch from a local gravel pit in a short morning session. All fish came after raking the margins at first light and presenting the Flatbed Method Feeders with size 14 Super Specialist Barbel Hooks and two Artificial… Read more
Nathan Walter’s Double-Figure Wye Barbel
Nathan Walter has sent us these pictures of some superb River Wye Barbel! Accompanied by a couple of friends over to Herefordshire for a 3 day trip to start the season, the lads found the fishing slower than usual, yet managed some big fish between them. Nathan caught this tremendous… Read more
Stu Walker’s Gorgeous Barbel
Yorkshire’s Stuart Walker sent us this gorgeous photo of a 12lb 2oz Barbel caught from one of his local rivers recently, during low clear conditions. Stu prepared a number of swims with bait, left them to rest and then fished them in rotation – taking Barbel on the first cast… Read more