2 years after landing an 11lb 8oz tench at a Tenchfishers event at Norfolk’s Bawburgh Fisheries, Cliff Taylor returned for this year’s event, and landed this beautiful 11lb 4oz fish. Fishing a worm kebab rig at around 40 yards over an area baited with worm soil, chopped worm, caster and… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup 2021-22
Trevor Gunning 4lb 10oz Perch
“It fought deep and hard, but then a huge perch surfaced 10 metres out..” A trip to a Cotswold Water Park gravel pit produced the goods for predator ace Trevor Gunning, after banking this 4lb 10oz perch which was backed up with another specimen weighing in at4lb 5oz. Due to… Read more
Simon Daley 11lb 3oz Tench
Since winning the Drennan Cup last season, Hampshire angler Simon Daley has been looking to boost his PB’s on various stillwater species and has just landed a best 11lb 3oz tench Simon has had his eye on a certain venue for a while and has had some great success landing… Read more
Steve Pitts 7lb 4oz Eel
“There are other things I do to swing the odds in my favour..” Eel ace and last year’s Drennan Cup runner up Steve Pitts has been back out on the eel hunt and was rewarded with the fine 7lb 4oz specimen on a recent session. He told us “For me,… Read more
Adrian Eves 17lb 15oz Bream
Hampshire angler Adrian Eves capitalised on a sudden and dramatic drop in air pressure to bank a superb female bream weighing 17lb 15oz. Adrian had been struggling for several weeks on the southern pit he’s been targeting, but that all changed when a low-pressure southerly swept in, sending the barometer… Read more
Paul Scowen 15lb 15oz Bream
“They were behaving more like carp than bream..” After starting a bream campaign on a new venue, Oxfordshire angler Paul Scowen had a tricky start, landing only small fish in his first few nights. However, after finding a spot around 160 yards out, he used an underwater camera to look… Read more