Targeting a midlands chalk steam at the back end of the season, Phil Taylor returned to the same swim where he’d seen the river’s large roach take up residence earlier in the summer. This time, armed with a tip rod and bread flake, it didn’t take long before he had… Read more

Two years ago, Leigh Holman landed a 2lb 14oz roach from his local club water, from which stemmed a thought that there could be something a little bit special hiding in the venue’s depths.. Since then, he’s been figuring out how to single-out the larger roach. Having being pestered by… Read more

Reigning Drennan Cup champion Lee McManus is never far away from the big fish and his form continued this winter after landing this stunning roach of 3lb 5oz. The Leicestershire angler was fishing a southern gravel pit and had the fish on a groundbait feeder, fished with a short hooklink… Read more

A visit to the Hampshire Avon paid off in style for Gwyn Davies, who tempted this roach of 3lb exactly. The specimen was tamed on a long 17ft rod, which aided control of Gwyn’s beefy 8g Avon float.His hookbait was a bunch of maggots on a size 14 hook, which,… Read more

Mark Woodage is no stranger to big roach, having landed fish to 3lb 14oz in the past from stillwaters. But he’s recently been targeting the species on the Hampshire Avon and landed this 2lb 14oz specimen – his biggest from running water. It topped a day where he caught numerous… Read more

They say that confidence is key in fishing, and Kent ace Dan Woolcott’s must have been be sky-high after he landed this beautiful, a 3lb 1oz roach, just weeks after landing the grayling of a lifetime. Targetting a southern pit, Dan presented a maggot feeder at 60 yards out over… Read more