Having found his target chalk stream running a few feet higher than usual and pushing through heavily, Daniel Bouskila decided to target areas of slack water on a grayling session and was rewarded with this specimen of 3lb 2oz. Using nymphing kit with an imitation worm which he bumped across… Read more

Most anglers opt for maggots, worms and occasionally corn when targeting grayling, but they can be caught on other baits, as Leo Marriott proved when he landed this memorable brace – weighing 3lb and 2lb 14oz – on bread! He was fishing a stretch of the River Test near his… Read more

Despite waking up feeling ‘rough as hell’ with the flu, Stephen Gibbons ventured out in temperatures of -5C and was rewarded with this stunning 3lb 2oz grayling. It was caught from a Scottish rive,r a long way from Stephen’s home in Norfolk. Having made such effort to get there, he… Read more

Whilst fishing on the Dorset Frome in incredibly windy conditions, a tactical change produced this grayling of 3lb 1oz for Neale Woodward. He had planned to trot a float with maggots, but after being battered by wind so strong it tore branches from the trees around him, Neale reached for… Read more

Over recent seasons the rivers of Scotland have accounted for the vast majority of grayling reports. But so far this season, the Dorset Frome has been producing a fair share of fish, with plenty of decent two-pounders being reported. George Cornwell was the latest angler to capitalise on the waterway’s… Read more

After an unsuccessful three-day trip to the rivers of Scotland due to freezing conditions, David Pearson returned in slightly warmer weather and was rewarded with a brace of three-pound grayling. His first fish fell to a worm hookbait, trotted beneath a homemade elder pith float, and weight a superb 3lb… Read more