Drennan’s Stewart Moss was delighted to land this specimen barbel from a midlands river recently, which weighed in at 16lb 5oz, narrowly setting a new personal best for the species by ounces. The plump fish was tripped up by a simple legered CC Moores Meteor Boilie presented to a Kamasan… Read more
Geoff’s Winning Combo
Congratulations to Geoff Lowe from Edinburgh who has won a 15ft Acolyte Ultra rod and an FD3000 reel, courtesy of a competition in Coarse Fishing Answers magazine. This is a perfect rod-and-reel combination for exploiting the river at this time of year. The FD3000 reel is lightweight and ideal for float… Read more
Mario Lands His Personal Best Perch
Mario Edoardo Tomatis from Milan in Italy, sent us a great photograph of a from recent predator session using our E-Sox Jell-Ignites. Fishing for only half a day he netted numerous black bass and perch, with his new personal best pictured above. Mario used a light spinning rod, with a small… Read more
First Cast Tempts Big Pike At Chew
Reigning 2013-14 Drennan Cup Winner Jamie Cartwright has been afloat on Chew Valley reservoir trying to track down one of it’s monsters. Jamie didn’t have to wait long for a bite on his second day at Chew, as his first cast resulted in this impressive pike of 25lb 2oz which took… Read more
River Thames Produces 15lb 7oz Barbel
Adrian John from Middlesex has sent a great photograph of his recent barbel capture from the River Thames. “It has been a while since I last targeted Thames barbel, but at this time of year the Lower River Thames has a habit of throwing up a handful of very big barbel…. Read more
River Test Roach For Lee
Lee Chatfield recently spent a day targeting big roach and grayling on a stretch of the River Test. This roach was the biggest of the day, tipping the scales around to 1lb 12oz. The roach were caught using sweetcorn. “Red sweetcorn gives you that extra option, and is a great change bait… Read more