Thank you to 17-year old George Basham from Essex for sending this photo of a 6lb 10oz Chub caught trotting one of our Alloy Stick Floats! George used a Lobworm hookbait after loosefeeding chopped worms, liquidised bread and red maggots. “My new personal best chub – very happy to catch… Read more
Cover Star Steve
Drennan Team England ace, Steve Hemingray, is the cover star for the latest issue of Pole Fishing! The all-new April issue is available to buy and download from Friday, 7th March. Inside, the former European Champion shows you how to target skimmers on commercials and lifts the lid on some… Read more
Chris Turnbull’s Fantastic 3lb Commercial Perch
Famous Norfolk specialist angler, author and artist Chris Turnbull with a 3lb 4oz Perch. Whilst visiting family in the South, Chris and his brother Malcolm joined Tony King and Lee Chatfield on some trips to a Sussex commercial fishery. The fishing proved more difficult than anticipated, with the Perch largely… Read more
Gary Newman & Mike Davidson’s Commercial Roach Trip
Gary Newman with a netful of Roach (in one of the new Speedex landing nets) from Lizard Lakes in West London. With all his local rivers in severe flood, Gary visited the complex in company with Drennan’s Mike Davidson in order to fish for Roach. Using a mixture of Pole… Read more
Big Weights On Kennet & Avon Canal
Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths filled two frame places on the Kennet & Avon Open last weekend as the canal showed excellent form. With an important semi final coming up a healthy 73 anglers lined the towpath. Despite being very clear, the average weight per man was over 5lb and the top… Read more
Russell Bishop’s Huge River Lea Chub
Essex angler Russell Bishop with a superb 7lb 12oz River Lea Chub – which appeared in Angling Times last week and earned him a weekly Drennan Cup award! The Lea has been in red-hot form for super-sized Chub and Russell used paste wrapped 10mm boilies hair-rigged to a size 10… Read more