Tony Hobbs won the first round of the Oxford Summer League on the River Thames with an excellent 52lb 12oz of bream on the pole. The event saw eight teams of six at Abingdon and Culham. With the river still having good summer flow the roach were expected to show… Read more
Category: River
One Two For Drennan Oxford
The second Oxford & District open match of the season was held at Medley and topped by Arnold Liaukevicius with an impressive 25lb 3oz winning catch. The Drennan Oxford squad member drew above Black Jacks and had eight small skimmers on the open end feeder and worm and then caught… Read more
A Day On The Thames
We were really excited to have two top internationals visit Drennan headquarters recently – Andy Berteyn from Belgium and England’s most decorated international angler, Alan Scotthorne! Andy is a former Belgian National Champion with a European and two World Championship team gold medals under his belt. He is also a key Drennan… Read more
Float Skills Dominate On the Trent
Round 1 of the Drennan Coors Trent Masters saw the river still carrying extra water from the previous week’s floods and was always going to be tricky, but stick float and waggler tactics still dominated. Coors AC member Steve Hardwidge drew peg 23, just below the island on the Bailey’s section, and fished mostly… Read more
2lb Rudd On Floating Crust
Kevin Sanders banked two impressive rudd at the weekend from a Fenland waterway. “The conditions were far from ideal with the river full from the previous night’s storm. The rudd were not in the mood for feeding but after a frustrating day I managed to snare two late on, both… Read more
The Glorious 16th
Today is the glorious June 16th when Britain’s rivers are finally open for coarse fishing once again. Martin Bowler has been patiently waiting to wet a line and lends some valuable advice for targeting a prized river specimen. A river never sleeps nor does its fish and on the glorious 16th the… Read more