Neale Woodward hooked this impressive 2lb 15oz personal best during a trip to a southern Stillwater. Neale located a deep shelf at distance and fished Drennan 40g feeders at the base of it – catching no fewer than 40 roach with six over the magical 2lb barrier. He used a… Read more
A single maggot and a size 18 was the successful combination that Danny Taylor used to catch this superb 2lb 9oz roach from the Hampshire Avon. Adopting classic stickfloat and maggot tactics, the New Milton, Hampshire-based specimen hunter targeted the main river and a sidestream during a day session on the… Read more
Kevin Palmer had a change of tactics to thank for the capture of his biggest-ever river roach in the shape of this 2lb 11oz specimen. The river fishing fanatic started his session on the famous River Test fishing for grayling on the float until he decided to switch his intentions… Read more
A single caster threaded onto a size 18 hook did the trick when Julian Peacock netted this personal best river roach. It topped the scales at 2lb 5oz 12 drams and was caught during a session on a river in Bedfordshire. His hookbait was suspended beneath a stick float and… Read more
A day-ticket venue has produced the biggest roach of the season weighing 3lb 3oz. The impressive specimen provided the only bite of the day for former Drennan Cup champion Dai Gribble when he visited a venue in Oxfordshire. This is his sixth roach over the 3lb mark and fell into… Read more
Dave Brice was celebrating after he banked a fish-of-a-lifetime in the shape of this pristine 2lb 13oz roach. The 52-year-old from Coventry set himself the challenge of breaking the 2lb barrier this winter and exceeded his expectations with the huge fish, which turned up during a session at a gravel… Read more
