“Heber was shaking like a leaf after slipping the net under the fish of a lifetime” It’s hard to top a 2lb 12oz River Itchen roach, but Portsmouth angler Heber Crawford has done just that with this 3lb 2oz corker. He landed the big ‘two’ a few weeks back, but… Read more

 Roach expert, Dr Mark Everard, 2lb 12oz Roach Roach expert, Dr Mark Everard, had a great end to the river fishing season, landed this 2lb 12oz roach from a Wessex River on quiver tipped bread flake. Finding the venue with coloured water and extra pace, he chose to cast upstream… Read more

“When I saw the roach, my heart was in my mouth” Mild temperatures certainly got the River Itchen’s roach on the feed, as Portsmouth angler Heber Crawford found when he tempted this 2lb 12oz personal best roach. Trotting maggot, he’d landed fish of 1lb 14oz and 1lb 10oz before having… Read more

“Knowing bite times are so short on the venue, Paul quickly got the rod back out on the spot” After three winters in a hard, low stock gravel pit, Oxford angler Paul Scowen’s efforts paid off as he landed this sublime roach, weighing 3lb 15oz. Targeting an area of the… Read more

“The river was like hot chocolate” Returning home after seeing some family, current Drennan Cup holder, Simon Daley, headed straight for the Hampshire Avon, knowing it’d had an injection of extra water whilst he’d been away. But on arrival, he found it up and the colour of hot chocolate, far… Read more