Lewis Richards took the opportunity to fish a section of his local river for chub one afternoon and was rewarded with a fish just short of his personal best.

Arriving at the river early afternoon, he was pleased to see it was back within the banks, although still quite coloured from the recent rainfall. Lewis made his way down to his favourite swim and setup with a small 20g Gripmesh Feeder on a simple running rig with a size 6 Super Specialist hook. For bait, he used bread, liquidised to press into the feeder and a pinch of flake for the hookbait.

To his surprise, less than a minute after casting out into the swim his tip bounced around and he was playing a decent chub. After a spirited fight, Lewis slid the net under what looked like a very nice chub. The scales swung around to 5lb 8oz, just two ounces off his current personal best.