Patrick Heck from Germany has banked some great carp and tench using Drennan rods.

“I love Drennan rods, especially the Series 7 range and older rods. The price and the quality is great. I recently went fishing with my older Drennan Specialist, which is a very nice rod for tench and other species. I caught some tench up to 2lb and a 6.17lb (2.8kg) Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio).

“I used a size 12 Sweetcorn Barbless hook with two grains of sweetcorn and two maggots. English tactics also work well on the Continent – not only the tackle!”