Taking fourth place in this year’s Drennan Cup is previous 2-time winner Dai Gribble who managed 3 weekly awards during the 24/25 season and earns himself £500.
It wasn’t a simple 3 awards for Dai as his season got off to a flying start when he headed over to Linear Fisheries and landed himself a British Record-equalling roach of 4lb 3oz!
He didn’t stop there as just a few months later he picked up his second weekly award for a tench weighing 11lb exactly. Amazingly, it was his 60th double-figure tench! That fish was caught from a Kent stillwater, soon to be followed by a fin-perfect 11lb 13oz tench from Staffordshire’s Copmere. At the time Dai said that, in his opinion, the latter fish was equal to a 13-pounder from a southern gravel pit, because it’s his first-ever ‘double’ from the venue, which he’s fished since way back in 1981!This will be the third time Dai had his name engraved onto the most prestigious cup in specimen fishing!
Well done Dai!