The winners of TIGHT LINES YOUNG ANGLER OF THE MONTH competition all assembled at Barston Lakes near Solihull on Wednesday the 8th of August. The prize for these lucky young anglers was a days coaching and fishing with some of the best anglers in the country. For details on how… Read more
Simon Ashton’s Big Notts Bream Haul
Ace specimen angler and reigning British Dace record holder Simon Ashton from Durham has reported a tremendous catch of big Bream from a Nottinghamshire Stillwater, taking 10 big fish including ‘slabs’ of 13lb 13oz, 13lb 1oz, 12lb 15oz, 12lb 10oz, 12lb 2oz, and 10lb 5oz. The biggest fish set a… Read more
Stu Conroy Tests Future Drennan Mono with Great Results
We recently sent a pre-production monofilament sample to Drennan Team England’s Stu Conroy to look at, use and evaluate. Stu provided us with the following feedback, which we thought you might all find interesting! “Last weekend I decided to put the new low diameter monofiliament to the test. Fishing a… Read more
Matt’s Spectacular Oxfordshire Thames Barbel
We featured talented Oxfordshire specimen angler Matt Micallef a few weeks ago with a superb 13lb 4oz Barbel from the Thames locally. Well, he’s bettered that fish since, and by some distance, with this jaw dropping fish of 15lb 1oz! Matt used a Perfection Groundbaits Crayfish Boilie on a Kamasan Barbel… Read more
Paul Elt’s float-caught Tench
A beautiful Tench, caught on the pictured Drennan Compact Tench Float 13ft rod and Series 7 Float reel – courtesy of top specimen angler Paul Elt from St Neots. The fish was a big 7lber and also shown are a couple of Paul’s favourite Drennan float patterns (Loaded Giant Crystal… Read more
Italian Feeder Championship: The First Weekend of Competition by Matteo Maggi
Keen angler, journalist and Drennan & Milo fan Matteo Maggi from www.fishingmania.it took part in the first rounds of the Italian National Feeder Championships back in June. Finishing around 4th on day one and 3rd on day two, Matteo finished 20th overall out of nearly 80 participants. Matteo reports that… Read more