Finding himself free for a few hours on an overcast but warm day, Matt Adams headed to a stretch of his local chalkstream where he’d been catching plenty of small dace and roach on previous visits… only this time he hit the jackpot by landing this huge 3lb 11oz redfin!… Read more

Former Drennan Cup winner Richard Wilby has just landed what he reckons to be the best fish he’s ever caught, after slipping the net under this sublime 3lb 11oz roach. Fishing a midlands stillwater, Norfolk-based Richard presented a grain of corn beneath a light waggler at close range to tempt… Read more

Former Drennan Cup champion Daniel Woolcott is no stranger to big roach, and this spring he’s continued his superb reputation with the species with this specimen of 3lb 7oz. It was caught from B1 on the Linear Fisheries Complex – a rock-hard 30-acre water with a very small stock of… Read more

Poor river conditions forced Stephen Gibbons to cancel a chub session on the Thames and turn his attention to an East Anglian stillwater, where he’s been trying for roach.. ..here, he knew things would be tricky, with cormorant issues and some of the stock dying off meaning that only a… Read more

Recent years have been filled with monster roach, and in 2025 catches show no signs of slowing after Neale Woodward slipped the net under this specimen of 3lb 10oz. It was caught during a powerful storm from a southern gravel pit that’s been in good form for the species over… Read more

Over the last 20 years, Chris smith has been chasing a roach over 2lb from a small Lincolnshire river, but the closest he’d come was a fish of 1lb 10oz. That all changed on a recent trip, during which he obliterated his target with this fish of 2lb 14oz. He’d… Read more