In an time where bolt-rigs and boilies are one of the more common tactics to use whilst targeting big chub, it’s nice to see that traditional tactics can still outwit the largest of fish, as Hertfordshire angler Roy Jones proved with this 8lb chub.
He was fishing the River Thames, and used a lump of breadflake as bait, which he allowed to bounce around the swim using a light link leger. For feed, he introduced mashed bread, which he introduced regularly to keep a trickle of feed going through the swim.
After fishing a little while he had one tap on his quivertip before it slowly pulled round. Hitting into the fish, it didn’t put up much of a fight initially, but it suddenly woke up as it neared the bank.
Thankfully, Roy’s size 8 hook and 5lb line held, and he landed the chub that smacked his scales straight round to 8lb.
Well done Roy!