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You’ll find Perch in every length of the Severn, trust me they are there. I used to fish the canals round Nantwich, but no longer bother. There’s just no comparison 👍🏻

They ordered me one in, without paying a deposit. Said if I didn’t like it, they would just sell it anyway. Not sure which north west clubs you are in, but if you have access to the Severn, then you should consider checking it out. Here’s the best one from Sunday, just gone:

Nigel, I have the Drennan SS 13ft extension rod and I’ve had a number of good Perch to 3.15lb using it, from the River Severn near Shrewsbury. Bought it just up the road from you at Dave’s of Middlewich. I like the fact I can make it up at home and take it to the riverbank in a 6’ rod sleeve 👍🏻...

The content is brilliant and better than anything on say YouTube. I subscribed for a couple of months, watched the available content and will do so again later this year. I really enjoyed the Chub videos and especially The University of Chub, which I watched several times 👍🏻 My advice to...

I suffer with a bad lower back and despite this I can walk a mile plus with the following: Drennan Super Specialist Rod Quiver: 2 rods (with or without sleeves), brolly, bank sticks, landing net handle, Middy Barbel net. Original Korum Ruckbag, overloaded with tackle, scales, sling, food...

Another vote for the Gardner alarms

Until someone films it underway: Barbel vs half tin, it will remain an unknown 🙂

Re hooks and the mentioned Partridge Barbel Hooks, if they are the same as the original Patridge Barbel hooks, then IMHO, they are the best meat hooks on the market, having a straight eye and long shank. When they were originally discontinued, which coincided with Loan Angler closing down, I...

I actually know of 2 cases where adjoining farm land was sold and the new farmers were then shocked to find club members fishing on their land. They tried to kick club members off (get off my land), including one farmer who threatened to crush a members car with his tractor 🚜 The bottom line is...

So its just the fishing rights and not the land? In my experience of serving on a fishing club committee, such arrangements and fraught with danger, as when there’s a fall out with the actual landowner, things can quickly go tits up!

I’m 6’4 and the Drennan SS is fine.

Ive had Barbel and Chub as small as 3lb on half a tin, as per previous photos, you can see that other smaller fish can attack the bait, thus significantly reducing it in size. Wait until you catch one and its spat the full half tin, halfway up the hook length, meaning you land both barbel and...

For me the Fast Show was a masterpiece with so many great characters: Reeves and Mortimer were excellent in their time too. Probably why I love M & W gone fishing so much.

I can only comment on the Drennan SS Brolly. It’s lighter than the brolly it replaced and is very well made. Had it over 12 months and I’m very happy with it. My only slight niggle is the brolly spike is somewhere between a conventional spike and screw spike, it’s also not a particularly sharp...

The bit on the left is a half tin hookbait, the bit on the right, was on the hook and in the water for an hour plus.

As I pointed out in the above linked thread, 99% of Barbel anglers will dismiss the big meat method, which suits me fine. Having been put onto the method by a mate, and having read Lawrence’s original writings on the subject, I’ve spent a huge amount of time perfecting/tweaking it, to my own...

I was shocked when Total Angling in Shrewsbury was taken over by Angling Direct a few weeks ago. This was the one remaining Angling shop in the whole area, serving anglers who fish both the Severn and surrounding carp lakes. If that model cant work on an independent local level, with no other...

Glad to hear it, I've hust had plastic spreader blocks (non-Drennan), fail on several occasions over the years

I think they’ve improved the lacquer finish on the full range of SS rods? I bought the Duo rod in Oct 2021 and the finish appears to have changed since then. It was really poor on the rod I had, having an uneven finish and it scratched from being placed on a plastic rod rest!