Thank you to 17-year old George Basham from Essex for sending this photo of a 6lb 10oz Chub caught trotting one of our Alloy Stick Floats! George used a Lobworm hookbait after loosefeeding chopped worms, liquidised bread and red maggots. “My new personal best chub – very happy to catch… Read more
Category: Specimen
Chris Turnbull’s Fantastic 3lb Commercial Perch
Famous Norfolk specialist angler, author and artist Chris Turnbull with a 3lb 4oz Perch. Whilst visiting family in the South, Chris and his brother Malcolm joined Tony King and Lee Chatfield on some trips to a Sussex commercial fishery. The fishing proved more difficult than anticipated, with the Perch largely… Read more
Gary Newman & Mike Davidson’s Commercial Roach Trip
Gary Newman with a netful of Roach (in one of the new Speedex landing nets) from Lizard Lakes in West London. With all his local rivers in severe flood, Gary visited the complex in company with Drennan’s Mike Davidson in order to fish for Roach. Using a mixture of Pole… Read more
Russell Bishop’s Huge River Lea Chub
Essex angler Russell Bishop with a superb 7lb 12oz River Lea Chub – which appeared in Angling Times last week and earned him a weekly Drennan Cup award! The Lea has been in red-hot form for super-sized Chub and Russell used paste wrapped 10mm boilies hair-rigged to a size 10… Read more
Avon/Quiver Combo Is A Success For Arjan
Arjan Snoeij has been having some great success with the Netherlands’ carp, bream and chub – and it’s all thanks to a very versatile rod! “I was driven to catch some big chub this winter and the results were great! “My rod choice was a Drennan Series 7 Specialist Avon/Quiver… Read more
Oliver Jenkinson’s Half Term Chub Haul
The prolific Oliver Jenkinson made a nuisance of himself with big Chub during his half term holiday from school, bagging a succession of specimen fish. Ollie used a simple running leger rig using a short 4 inch hooklink on 8lb Supplex line through to a size 5 Specialist Barbel hook… Read more