Stu Lennox managed to grab a day’s fishing on his local canal before resuming his Army duties overseas. The result was this impressive 3lb predator!

“I thought I would use my final day in the UK to pop down the Kennet & Avon Canal,” the well-respected specimen angler explained. “I had a 20lb mixed bag on the pole and then this 3lb perch on a 3” live bait fished paternoster style using a small Drennan Loafer, 6.9lb (0.20mm) Supplex hooklength and a size 6 Drennan Specimen hook.”