Reigning Drennan Cup champion Lee McManus is never far away from the big fish and his form continued this winter after landing this stunning roach of 3lb 5oz. The Leicestershire angler was fishing a southern gravel pit and had the fish on a groundbait feeder, fished with a short hooklink… Read more

A visit to the Hampshire Avon paid off in style for Gwyn Davies, who tempted this roach of 3lb exactly. The specimen was tamed on a long 17ft rod, which aided control of Gwyn’s beefy 8g Avon float.His hookbait was a bunch of maggots on a size 14 hook, which,… Read more

Mark Woodage is no stranger to big roach, having landed fish to 3lb 14oz in the past from stillwaters. But he’s recently been targeting the species on the Hampshire Avon and landed this 2lb 14oz specimen – his biggest from running water. It topped a day where he caught numerous… Read more

They say that confidence is key in fishing, and Kent ace Dan Woolcott’s must have been be sky-high after he landed this beautiful, a 3lb 1oz roach, just weeks after landing the grayling of a lifetime. Targetting a southern pit, Dan presented a maggot feeder at 60 yards out over… Read more

Paul Parish’s name has been etched into angling’s history books after he landed one of the biggest-ever roach in British waters, weighing a sublime 4lb 2oz. The Buckinghamshire angler caught the fish from Brasenose 1 at Oxford’s Linear Fisheries – one of the country’s most popular venues. Whilst It’s best… Read more

For many of us, going on a ‘social’ involves catching very little – instead the focus is on chilling out with friends. But.. ..on a trip to an East Anglia gravel pit, James Champkin managed to not only catch up with a couple of old mates, but also take a… Read more