Canal predators don’t come much bigger than this 16lb giant zander caught by Jacob Wise. The 38-year-old, electronics engineer, caught the monster specimen from the South-West’s Gloucester Sharpness Canal where he tempted it using a sprat deadbait fished on a scaled down wire trace mounted on a simple running leger… Read more
Another trout and it would have been a record” those are the words of pike angler Peter Coxhead following the capture of a record shaking 44lb specimen. This huge predator was boated at the end of a three-day session on renowned pike fishing water Chew Valley Reservoir. The Portsmouth-based angler… Read more
With the prospect of a bitterly cold day facing the competitors in the latest round of the Drennan Silverfish League, the match was pegged with comfort in mind so that most of the anglers were sheltered from the wind. Luke Harrison drew peg 43, which was one of the more exposed… Read more
Dave Whittington – a new recruit to the Drennan Leicester squad – proved his winter canal expertise by winning the Warwickshire Winter League practise open on the Loughborough Canal with 7lb 14oz. On a cold and clear canal in Loughborough town centre, Dave’s two-pronged worm and bread punch attack at… Read more
With any form of fishing, it is vital to use the correct tackle and even more so when pike fishing. The most important item of tackle when pike fishing has to be the mainline, whether that is braid or mono. For the majority of my pike fishing, I like to use… Read more
Earlier this week top Dutch match angler, Maurice Prijs visited manager Gary Barclay at our busy despatch department to check out new additions to the Drennan range and pick up some last minute items for the Drennan Silverfish Festival this weekend. Maurice was particularly impressed with two great new additions to the Acolyte… Read more
