Drennan Tench and Bream

[waldi]

Hi All.

I'm Looking for information/opinions on the Drennan 1.75LB tench and bream rod.

I want something to cast a 40grm feeder or 50grm bomb rig about 70/80 yards, would this be suitable?

Although targeting tench would be more likely to hook biggish Roach than anything.

I will be buying blind, no chance to go and have a look anywhere so all opinions will be more than welcome.

Thanks.

 

[The bad one]

I have 2 Harrison interceptors at 1.75 12 ft had them years. The distance you state is at the upper limit of a 1.75 good rod, a poor rod at that test wouldn't do that distance with any accuracy. Realistically, you need a 2 lb TC rod, which are difficult to find either second-hand or new, just not fashionable at that TC. Perhaps the nearest you can get would be a 2.25 TC and probably a fat taper barbel rod. Not even sure anybody does carp rods at that TC anymore. All they seem to do these days is Brut Rod 3 lb + TC with all the action and finesses of a brush handle.

 

[mikench]

Have a look at the Browning Silverlite 13’ feeder rod. It will cast 60gm the distances you want with little effort. It’s also light and slim and very responsive.

 

[waldi]

Thanks for the replies, both appreciated.
May have to consider the 2LB version in that case.
I have a couple of feeder rods that would work, looking more for something to use with alarms/bobbins.
It's strange, I like using traditional leger rods that are a bit more through actioned but find just watching the very tip as with a quiver almost frustrating!

Regards.

 

[john step]

Depending on budget have a look at the 13 foot Drennan Acolyte Distance feeder. As a feeder rod they dont give a test curve but do give casting weights max and line strength recommendations as a guide.
10lb lines and 100 gms lines max which would cover your intended use.
Quite responsive and a lot of "feel" despite the power.

 

[mikench]

A feeder rod can be used with a buzzer if you wish . Rods should not be associated with a particular species of fish .


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[steve2]

A feeder rod can be used with a buzzer if you wish . Rods should not be associated with a particular species of fish .


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Have always wondered apart from a sales gimmick why any rod would carry a species name. They are all just fishing rods that catch anglers.

 

[Keith M]

I have a couple of feeder rods that would work, looking more for something to use with alarms/bobbins.
It's strange, I like using traditional leger rods that are a bit more through actioned but find just watching the very tip as with a quiver almost frustrating!

Regards.

I know that it's fairly standard to have a Quivertip on a Feeder rod, but If you don't really want to have a quivertip then why not get yourself a Twin tip like the Greys Twin Tip rod which comes with two different Avon type tips (either 1.5lb & 2lb or 1.7lb & 2.25lb) and without a quiver tip; then you can use your alarms/bobbins with either rod tip fitted.
Or you could get the version of this Greys Twin Tip rod which comes with a quiver tip and an Avon type tip.
You then have the best of both worlds.

I have one of the Greys Twin tip rods with the two 1.5lb/2lb Avon tip sections and I use the 1.5lb tip for Crucians, Tench, Chub, low water Barbel and smaller Carp and I use the 2lb tip for Carp fishing either on the surface or on the bottom at medium and closer distances or for flood water Barbel on smaller rivers.

Keith

 

[tigger]

You could get the 2lb drennan tench and bream rod. It is made for the purpose you want a rod for.
Regarding the roach, you'll get them in ok, but you won't get any feel from them fighting.

 

[waldi]

Spent hours on the net and seems what I'm looking for doesn't exist so I will have to reduce the feeder size.

Anyone have any views or experience with the Korum Neoteric FS in 1.25lb?

Thanks.

 

[chrissh]

The Drennan Specialist Avon 1.25 t/c will cast weights up to a maximum of 2.5oz/ 70grm or the 1.50 t/c will cast 3oz/80gms

 

[sam vimes]

A 1.75lb Drennan Bream and Tench, or Shimano Purist Brench, rod will strike many as being outlandish to many when it comes to fishing specifically for roach. However, I know that quite a few anglers on a certain big roach water were using them rather successfully. They were using them because they found that the more usual 1.25/1.5lb Avon rods were simply not man enough for the extreme distances necessary on the water concerned. They were undoubtedly excessive for tiddler roach, but once they approached a pound, or more, the rods were absolutely fine. Naturally, as you would expect, they are pretty much perfect for decent size bream and tench at range.

 

[The bad one]

The Harrison Interceptors were designed with Steve Harrison by the one-time Editor of this site and big bream expert of 60+ years, one Graham Marsden for bream and tench. When finished and in production, they did a 1.50lb TC for 40 -60 yards and the heavier 1.75lb TC for 60 – 80 yards.
I’ve said this several times before on here, I have the last prototype of the 1.75lb TC rods that went into mass production. I did have the last 2, but I broke one and it was replaced with a production model. And I can tell you there is no difference between the two, other than the production model has transfers on it with Grahams name.
At the time I bought them off Graham, we were in the same syndicate and fishing the same mere. The mere, the largest of the 3 counties, started to throw up some reasonably large roach 1 lb plus and I fancied it for perhaps a 2 during the winter. As with most of the meres the roach did a disappearing act come the colder weather and you really had to find them. The mere was a deep mere 50 ft at its deepest, which was a trench that ran down the centre of most of the mere. I reasoned that the roach had to be in this trench, but there was a problem, it was 150 yards from the bank. Way to far to cast, but we could use boats on the mere with outboards, so I could boat the baits out with little worry of spooking the fish at the depths they were at. I did this, and became quite skilled at it, placing my baits when I started fishing next to my marker which was on a 45 ft string.
The bites were always drop backs on the bobbins, never lifts, so the rods were set very high 3 ft, so that gave me a drop of around 2 ½ ft on the bobbins. The way I played it, was to reel the first fish in on the bite rod, then wait until I got a run on the second rod, land that, then take the 2 baited rods out again by the boat and drop them. I think from memory I only once had a fish on the line when I got back to bank.
Never did get my two, the best was 1 14 and usually no more than 6 fish in a days fishing, most coming between 2 00pm and it going dark around 4 00 pm-ish.
The reason I tell you this is because the 1.75 TC rods had very good line pick up, even at that distance and rarely did I not connect to a taking fish.

 

[flightliner]

My mate has a grays (PRODIGY?) at 1-5 tc that's a fast taper, check one out.

 

[waldi]

Well, Having set myself a firm budget and promising not to overshoot it i'm now (Almost Sure) i'm getting a harrison Torrix 1.75lb. (Budget x2)

Johnson Ross have them for immediate delivery

 

[davebhoy]

I've gone through a very similar search recently. I had 3 of the 2lb Drennan Tench and Breams as I was casting long distances for big bream. I never liked them and now I have a bad back and a condition that no longer allows for the sort of casting for baiting up and presenting a rig at those sort of distances thats needed, I use a bait boat so the need for casting has gone.

I have caught bream as large as 15lb on a standard feeder rod but Ive never felt in control, the large bream I've caught have always pulled back much more than you'd expect. I was looking for something that was more fun to use than the 2lb drennans but had more backbone than the feeder rods I had. After a lot of very good advice my list came down to the Interceptors, the Torrix and Daiwa Infinitys, all 12' and 1.75tc.

I'm afraid I've forgotten if some of the advice came from here, apologies to anyone who helped and I've forgotten them, someone on another forum gave me this link which might help you.

More Torrix thoughts

A few weeks ago I built a 1lb 12oz Torrix for a customer. I didn't have time to give it my usual back garden workout, and I didn't want to d...

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The interceptors are very hard to find used in my experience, I think some of the rod builders may still have the blank.

I know you're looking to cast a long distance so your needs are a bit different to mine. I bought 2 torrix 12' 1.75tc and of course haven't had a sniff of a fish on them since. I think you might struggle to hit 70/80 yards with them in all but favourable conditions, but I've not cast any more than 40 yards with them so someone else might know better.

I have heard of the Torrix's being used for Roach at distance so they're obviously soft enough in the tip

 

[chevin4]

I have a pair of MK1 2lbtc Drennan Tench Bream rods which have been replaced by the MK2 version which are very similar albeit a bit stiffer in the butt. They are a great rod for most aspects of feeder fishing at range and will cast a method feeder a long way better in this respect than the Harrison Chimera 2. They have a surprisingly good playing actioned are certainly not a broom handle. I have caught the odd 3lb perch on these rods whilst tench fishing and still have a decent feel as the blank is responsive. As a long range allround Tench Bream rod they are perfect I tend to use them when lines of 8lb plus are required and are by no means an out and out long range rod.

 

[steve2]

Reading these posts makes me wonder just how I caught fish when all I had was a 10ft Carp rod and 10ft Avon and a float rod. Just how many different rods do we need or do we think we need.

 

[waldi]

Reading these posts makes me wonder just how I caught fish when all I had was a 10ft Carp rod and 10ft Avon and a float rod. Just how many different rods do we need or do we think we need.

I found the answer on this forum funnily enough.

it's only ONE! (more)?

 

[steve2]

I finally convinced myself back in January that needed a dropshotting rod it is still sitting unused in the shed. Along side 2 barbel rods that still the wrap on the handles after 5 years. I bought them for light pike fishing but then found two better rods.