Durham based angler Simon Ashton finished off his season in style, with this personal best grayling of 3lb 2oz, plus a handful of two-pounders, on his birthday! He arrived at a Scottish river on a frosty morning. Moonlight illuminated the fields. The river was up a good foot, and Simon… Read more

For his 40th birthday, Brighton angler Matt Easton made the long drive to Scotland to target grayling. With the popularity of Scottish Grayling growing, it’s no surprise they’re getting bigger and bigger. He travelled with a few friends and was rewarded with two new PBs for the species – first… Read more

A few hours later he checked the levels again, this time realising the river was dropping, so he hurriedly got ready and left the house.. Chesterfield angler David Pearson had set his alarm for 4am in anticipation of a 200-mile drive to Scotland, where he’d target grayling. But, after a… Read more

A trip to a Dorset chalk stream was, despite high water levels, a success for Mark Meth-Cohn, who tempted this grayling of 3lb exactly. He headed for a swim he knows can hold fish in such conditions, where there’s deeper water along the far bank. Due to difficultly with his… Read more

It took Kent specimen angler Dan Woolcott eight hours to reach the rivers of Scotland for a grayling trip, but his efforts were rewarded with this glorious 3lb 3oz fish. The fish was taken during a challenging three-day trip, where he faced temperatures down to a Baltic -9c. But, on… Read more

After spotting a large grayling patrolling close to the bank under a willow tree, Stephen Dewhurst employed a tactic rarely seen in modern fishing to catch it. Stret-pegging involves fishing a float well overdepth on a river, allowing a hookbait to be fished almost static or tantalisingly eased through the… Read more