Angling Times Tackle Editor Mark Sawyer knows a good rod when he uses one – this is him putting the Drennan Matchpro Ultralight 15ft through its paces on the snowy River Welland in Lincolnshire last month! “On a freezing cold winter’s day the rod’s extra length enable me to run… Read more
Dan’s Welsh Border Grayling
Herts specialist Dan Sales has sent us some lovely Grayling photos, caught using his Drennan IM9 Classic 13ft float rod. Dan travelled over to fish the Upper Wye system in the Welsh Borders for a couple of days, and despite freezing cold conditions, managed to find some nice fish up… Read more
Ryan’s Personal Best Chub
Ryan Hayden with his new personal best 6lb 4oz Chub, caught from the Dorset Stour last week. On a freezing cold day, Ryan fished a simple link leger rig utilizing Grippa Stops on 6lb Supplex mainline to make a sliding link, with a 1/3 oz weight just enough to hold… Read more
Danny’s Specimen Barbel Hat-Trick (plus a big Chub!)
Danny Spring enjoyed an extraordinary specimen Barbel hat-trick recently, and added a big Chub for good measure. Danny now lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and made the long journey down to fish the Ouse System, but it paid off with Barbel of 11lb 15oz, 10lb 3oz and 9lb 9oz. He then… Read more
“One Of The Finest” Barbel Photos!
We have to say, this picture from London Specialist Carl Welch is one of the finest Barbel photos we’ve seen all season, deservedly winning a Drennan Award in this week’s issue of the Angling Times. After prebaiting one of his local stretches, Carl push-biked back to fish on a very… Read more
Gary Newman’s Wonderful River Evenlode Roach
Gary Newman with a wonderful river roach of 1lb 15oz from the River Evenlode, taken from his excellent 4-page Angling Adventures article in this week’s Anglers Mail magazine. The article details Gary’s recent trip with Drennan’s Stewart Moss to a club stretch of the little Thames tributary, in poor conditions… Read more