We got this really nice article and video with Jon Arthur after visiting the excellent Rookery Waters in Cambridgeshire. Jon tackled the canalised and reed-fringed Jay Lake at the popular venue. Rather than a conventional float fishing approach, however, the three-time UK Champ shows you how to bag up with a short rod and feeder setup. You… Read more
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Drennan Stars At The Evesham Festival
The Evesham Festival takes place this August Bank Holiday weekend with top Drennan anglers fishing on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday events. This popular river competition is held each year in Evesham, Worcestershire, and is the largest outdoor coarse fishing event of its kind. Spectators have a great opportunity to watch some of the very best anglers in the… Read more
The Matrix Commercial Champs
Jon Arthur looks back on his efforts on a well-run series held across four top commercial fisheries. I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the Matrix Commercial Champs series. This is the first time I’ve entered this event and it’s got everything I want: four very good venues within an hour’s drive, generous pegging, decent 12pm to 5pm fishing times,… Read more
AT Masters 2016
Team Drennan have won the 2016 Angling Trust Masters! This annual event saw 14 teams of 6 competing on a very windy Glebe Fishery in Leicestershire. The Drennan team consisted of Steve Conroy, Stu Conroy, Grant Albutt, Jon Arthur, Paul Yates and Chris Vandervleit. The talented team all finished 3rd or… Read more
Getting Back On The River
Jon Arthur looks back on an eventful weekend competing on two very different stretches of the River Thames. It was great to get on the riverbank at the weekend to blow the cobwebs away. After an up and down year I’d kind of lost my mojo and not been match… Read more
Sturgeon On The Acolyte Margin!
Catching sturgeon on the pole is not something you see every day, but it’s exactly what Jon Arthur was doing last week in Holland! Here he explains exactly why and the gear he used to bank some unique looking creatures. Last week I was in Holland to cover the European Championship for… Read more