Gary Newman enjoyed a great days fishing on the River Colne, landing numerous fish from a pre-baited spot at the end of a shallow glide.

Both were caught on boilies wrapped in paste with a PVA bag of broken boilies and 6mm halibut pellets, from a swim that he had been trickling a bit of bait into. The swim was at the end of a shallower, faster run where it then dropped off into deeper water and slowed down.

They were landed on 12ft 1.75 lb Martin Bowler Specialist Barbel rod with Series 7 BR 9-30 Carp Method reel loaded with 10lb ESP Syncro main line, and end tackle was a 2ft 10lb fluorocarbon hook link to a size 7 ESP T6 hook.