14 year old Lancashire angler Lewis Kennedy had ventured out on a carp session recently but decided to also bring a float rod and a box of lighter tackle to keep him interested whilst waiting for a run. After getting his carp rods out, he decided to set his float… Read more

Dan Woolcott is no stranger to big roach, especially over the past few months and his fine form continued as he banked this brace of 3lb 8oz roach and what a shot to capture the memory! He told us “Fishing a low stock pit, I managed to catch four roach… Read more

 “Heber was shaking like a leaf after slipping the net under the fish of a lifetime” It’s hard to top a 2lb 12oz River Itchen roach, but Portsmouth angler Heber Crawford has done just that with this 3lb 2oz corker. He landed the big ‘two’ a few weeks back, but… Read more

 Roach expert, Dr Mark Everard, 2lb 12oz Roach Roach expert, Dr Mark Everard, had a great end to the river fishing season, landed this 2lb 12oz roach from a Wessex River on quiver tipped bread flake. Finding the venue with coloured water and extra pace, he chose to cast upstream… Read more

“When I saw the roach, my heart was in my mouth” Mild temperatures certainly got the River Itchen’s roach on the feed, as Portsmouth angler Heber Crawford found when he tempted this 2lb 12oz personal best roach. Trotting maggot, he’d landed fish of 1lb 14oz and 1lb 10oz before having… Read more

“Knowing bite times are so short on the venue, Paul quickly got the rod back out on the spot” After three winters in a hard, low stock gravel pit, Oxford angler Paul Scowen’s efforts paid off as he landed this sublime roach, weighing 3lb 15oz. Targeting an area of the… Read more