A quick top tip from Drennan Team England member Steve Hemingray concerning line management:- “Sometimes, and especially in shallow water when feeder or waggler fishing, your line doesn’t always sink as well as you would like. A great way of improving the sink rate of all reel lines is to… Read more
Mike Welsh’s Double Figure Stillwater Bream
Yorkshire Angler Mike Welsh has been doing well with the new Drennan Flat Method Feeders – his recent catches including this double figure Bream. Mike has been fishing a Stillwater near Ripon in North Yorkshire, and has recently been catching numbers of Tench to around 4lb, plus this fine Bream… Read more
Everything is Slightly Different in Match Conditions – By Alan Scotthorne
I had a rare opportunity to fish a match on peg 48 on Bonsai lake, that I had drawn just five days earlier in an eighty peg Open. I won that time with 130lb, sixty pounds of silver fish and the rest made up of F1s. In the opening hour… Read more
Simon Ashton’s Scottish Roach Haul
Durham big-fish maestro Simon Ashton won a weekly Drennan Award recently for an astonishing, pioneering catch of monster Roach from a wild Scottish Stillwater. Simon is no stranger to big fish, and is actually the current holder of the British Dace record with a 2002 fish of 1lb 5oz from… Read more
Des Taylor’s Severn Barbel
Famous angling writer Des Taylor enjoyed a spectacular end to the river season with a barbel bonanza on his beloved River Severn near Bewdley – catching a number of fish capped by this wonderful 13lb specimen. Des has fished the river for many years – and has seen the barbel… Read more
Michael Townsend’s Stillwater Roach
Yorkshire specialist angler & Don Valley Specialist Group member Michael Townsend was one of the lucky winners of one of the Drennan Camo Keepnets in a competition run by Martin Bowler recently. Michael has an enviable record with specimen sized roach, and in the past has caught genuine monsters of… Read more