“All of a sudden the biggest fish turned on my casters and I set the hook!..” Jake Benson has spent the last month fishing a midlands river for chub but on one particular session, hed spotted a shoal of big roach! He quickly started to become obsessed with them and… Read more

Des Taylor is no stranger to landing big fish, and after receiving a tip off about some large roach he was soon on his way and this lovely 3lb 1oz specimen was the icing on the cake for his efforts. Des told us “People often ask me what the secret… Read more

Quite a few anglers go fishing for personal achievements and every year they set out a self target. This year is no different and Alfie Naylor set himself a challenge to catch a 2lb roach from the Trent which he thought that personally, it was a difficult challenge to meet…. Read more

My light rod hooped over under the strain of what was clearly a decent fish, but the drama didn’t end there.. Clear, low and weedy summer rivers are difficult enough to fish at times, but when you add swimmers, boaters and some dogs into the mix, it can get all… Read more

Paul Scowen really hit the jackpot on a recent session on his syndicate session with this cracking bag of roach! Paul told us.. Over the years I’ve learnt that the big roach in my syndicate lake tend to feed best in a particular swim from around 12pm-6pm, and although I… Read more