Triumph on Thames tributary for Roger Mellon Sometimes making slight adjustments to your feed or the flavourings used can make a massive difference on the overall result, and that’s exactly what happened for Roger as he banked this stunning 1lb 2oz dace from a local river.He told us “There’s a… Read more
Category: Drennan Cup
Simon Ashton 5lb 4oz Perch
Simon Ashton has landed a perch that’ll ‘live with him until he dies’, after slipping the net under this 5lb 4oz specimen. He’s enjoyed a superb run of form with the species on a northern syndicate water, where he’d landed a PB of 4lb 8oz previously. Simon was happy enough… Read more
John Power 4lb 8oz Perch
One of the all-time great hauls of river perch has just been taken, after John Power landed fish of 4lb 8oz, 4lb 1oz, 4lb, eight three-pounders and 10 ‘twos’ in a wild morning’s fishing. The Yorkshire angler was fishing a river in his home county which he found fining down… Read more
Simon Daley 18lb 10oz Barbel
Britain has been battered by various storms during the last few months of 2023, and as a result, some perfect big-barbel conditions had been kicked up. Two-time Drennan Cup champion Simon Daley was well aware of that and headed to the Thames as a low-pressure front rolled in with storm… Read more
Gary Spillard 5lb 5oz Perch
From vast wild lakes to tiny man-made fisheries, big perch pop-up in every kind of water imaginable, as Gary Spillard proved with this 5lb 5oz beast from a holiday resort! Gary was fishing at Devon’s Clawford Lakes Resort and Spa on Lodge Lake when he landed the massive fish. He… Read more
George Batsford 17lb 6oz Barbel
Although the Kennet isn’t the premier barbel river it was once was, it still holds some superb fish, as George Batsford proved with this 17lb 6oz specimen. The Reading angler arrived at first light, keen to get out after some recent rain. He’d fished a few swims but struggled with… Read more