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

It’s been a phenomenal season for big stillwater roach already, and catches show no signs of slowing, as Neil Tristram landed this 3lb 12oz redfin alongside one of 2lb 15oz 8dr. The Nottinghamshire angler was fishing a syndicate gravel pit in his home county, where he caught the pair of… Read more

Spending time feeding your target fish before trying to catch it can be key to success with many species, and Aaron Marguet proved exactly why when he landed this 3lb 4oz roach. The Kent angler was targeting a water in his home country, and after locating the fish by a… Read more