Anybody catching?

Ditto Steve.

MBA - I have in the past used Drennan and late last season bought a roll of Fox Easy Twist purely cos that's all they had in at the time. Pleased with it so far, but never had any problems with the Drennan. In fact I have a roll of Drennan in 14lb (I think) which I use for ultra light lures when targeting perch on the canal. Again, never a problem with it.

I think it's just one of those unexplainable things but would probably test the trace out by seeing how easy you can snap it and if you think it's too easy to snap then contact Drennan with your concerns.

All the best matey and don't worry yourself sick over the lost fish.

thanks for the comments guys. i know things just happen sometimes, but this will make me check every trace before every cast from now on.

MAD BAD ANGLER wrote:its 28lb drennan 7 strand. like i say used it for years with no probs. suppose it could have got kinked some how when cast in, guess i will never know.

yeah drennan do appear to have had a bad batch of wire go out in the last year.... several traces i made off a spool of the stuff i bought last september (24lb b/s) were twisted up good and proper when i wound back in to check baits last season (this i assume was due to baits spinning on the cast/retrieve as they were fresh off the spool)... also had one part just below the swivel on a snag with very little pressure on it!! i've changed to 30lb fox easy twist now and all in all it seems like a much better wire

i had it with one spool drennan 7 strand coated. swiched to the uncoated so i can check the wire better.
someone else will catch it, then put it to rights for you

robh107 wrote:i agree totally tootall...... if you wanna share the burden of fuel cost for a few of this years sessions we'll organise it between us lol..... although i have a few other local venues up my sleeve that MAY produce well... unless everyone in the area has had the same notion

sounds good fella. I have a couple of places in mind too that i'll be willing to devote a bit of time too this season

well on nites all week so got chance to get rods out.ad one fish today on local club water,was only about 8lb.anyway hopefully going tomorrow if not to knacked for a few hours

I was out Monday and Tuesday, a few dropped runs and managed five fish the biggest 14lbs, it was great to be out and a good result The fish were all very lightly hooked, it was as if they couldnt be bothered, saying that they all give a good account of themselves, roll on the weekend.

well done to all that have caught upto now.... i'm going out weekend after next to try a new venue in the hope that i can find some decent fish... i need it after the last session

set off to a gravel pit down south last friday night and when we arrived it was past 12oclock so had to set up in the dark always a task but my mate managed to catch a jack around 5lb in the morning so got speeking to the bailif and few people on the lake about how it was fishing and they all said eiter live bleek or half mackrel for the preditors nice 1
i hadnt had a bite in 2 days until we moved to the other end ov the lake on the last night and at 12oclock had a few bleeps on the alarm but the bobing stayed still! then sum more! and then 10minuets latter bleeeeeeeeep! bobing down and lines peeling off!!


need ta get a proper camera because the pics are crap
10lb 9oz zander took half mackrel tail on a dubble size 6 trace witch was intended 4 the pike never caught a zander befor and was so over the moon with this one managged to snap mi fox forceps when i was unhooking her good job i wasnt on mi own wen they snapped caught this fat perch on a drain on the way back on a small roach live bait from under a bridge

Good going Patch! Loving the Zander Your perseverance payed off, you stuck at it & caught. First Zander ive seen on this forum, me thinks.. be good to see a few more

Well done on the zed, Patch. Cracking perch too.

Lovely stuff Patch. Word of advice though.

Turn off all the headlamps, torches and other sources of light, even little fires or barbecues before you or your mate takes a picture. I've seen countless good fish pictures wasted because the light meter - flash can't cope with what it's trying to measure and you get glowing flanks, odd colours, complete darkness, white light and all manner of unusual stuff going on.

It's actually a good idea to get a Gardener Camera Adaptor (for banksticks) and have your camera set up and ready to take a snap. Aim it at something a brolly or a tree or something that isn't going to move and then do a test pose with the timer. That way, once you have your prized fish on the bank, you just set the timer, pose with your fish and let the camera do all the hard work an believe me, the results will be far better.

Nice fish mate. Just a pity it looks like it came from Sellafield....

great set of fish mate, very well done.

cheers lads andy a no what ya meen about the light we used the van so a could get a quick photo on mi phone to put on here! they was only me and a mate on the lake at the time so we got the champain out!
and the other a local bird watcher asked what i was doing i said to him im afta the perch under the bridge mate! so i asked him to take the 1 of the perch!

Nice Zed Patch mate. Shame about the pics. I know that situation all too well. You should see my pike photos