Sleep didn’t come easy for Adam Jones after realised he had slipped back a monster Dace without realising the true size of it. He told us “I grew up in the Cotswolds fishing for grayling, so this winter I decided to re-live my youth and target them in the small… Read more
Category: Dace
Matt Atkins 1lb Dace
Steve Spiller 1lb Dace
Nothing could quite prepare him for this 1lb specimen! Steve Spiller had a session to remember when he ventured down to the Hampshire Avon for a day’s fishing with Matt Tann in search of dace. Steve landed plenty of fish throughout the day but nothing could quite prepare him for… Read more
Richard Wilby 1lb 1oz dace
“I was about pack away when I bent into one final fish..” “I’ve spent the last three months in pursuit of a big dace and despite catching around a thousand in 30 short afternoon sessions across six Norfolk rivers, not one had been over the 1lb barrier. I could have… Read more
Jeremy Weitz 1lb 3oz dace
SIXTY-one- year-old Jeremy Weitz was left stunned when fishing a Southern chalk stream he encountered the biggest dace he has ever seen – a superb 1lb 3oz specimen. The Bournemouth rod described the fish as ‘truly massive’ as he measured it in at a staggering 14-inches long and was thinking… Read more
Mark Everard 1lb 2oz 8dr dace
MARK Everard’s decision to fish through howling 40mph winds, heavy rain and a rapidly falling temperatures paid-off superbly with the capture of this plump 1lb 2oz 8dr dace. Undeterred by the less-than-ideal conditions the University Professor trotted breadflake over liquidised bread on his local Bristol Avon to hook into several… Read more