Neill Stephen has caught this magnificent 4lb rudd from Buckland Lake Fishery on float-fished sweetcorn. Few people can lay claim to such a specimen-sized fish, yet the former Drennan Cup Champion was very modest about the feat: “I just got very lucky!” he humbly explained. “It was taken in the early… Read more
Category: Specimen
Wide Gape Hooks Prove ‘Invaluable’ For Chub
Christian Barker has certainly had a good season so far with some sizeable chub coming his way, including the muscular 5lb 9oz sample pictured. “I have been using simple tactics, including free-lining natural baits, bread and luncheon meat,” he explains. “I have been using either my Matchpro Medium Feeder rod – an awesome… Read more
Quality Perch With Drennan Gear
Stu Lennox managed to grab a day’s fishing on his local canal before resuming his Army duties overseas. The result was this impressive 3lb predator! “I thought I would use my final day in the UK to pop down the Kennet & Avon Canal,” the well-respected specimen angler explained. “I had a… Read more
10lb Tench On Hair-rigged Casters
Mark Simmonds’ first session on a 100-acre Cambridgeshire lake has produced a new personal best tench of 10lb 14oz. The impressive fish was taken on hair-rigged casters, using a Drennan in-line feeder filled with maggots. “I also had a new PB male at 8lb 9oz on maggots and the same… Read more
Quality Chub With Red Range Reel
Joe Ryan caught this magnificent chub with the help of his Red Range Float 6-30 Reel. The keen specimen hunter from Bedfordshire commented: “I caught this 7lb chub on my local river, trotting bread on a Drennan Red Range reel and Supplex line with a Loafer float and a size 12 Specimen micro barbed hook. The fish put up… Read more
Scott’s Biggest River Roach
Scott Cordingly has beaten his personal best roach with this 1lb 13oz river specimen. The talented big-fish angler told us: “There are not many fish on this stretch and I have been fishing it for eight years and have never seen a roach this big. It’s my new PB of… Read more