Chub On The Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder

Pictured is a handsome 6lb 11oz chub caught by Drennan’s Richard Norris from his favourite stretch of the Thames in Oxfordshire. 

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This was the best of seven fish, all caught on the new Acolyte Plus 12ft Feeder rod and a medium 40g Heavyweight Cage Feeder packed with coarsely liquidised bread. The best hook bait was two 11mm discs of punched bread on a size 10 Kamasan B611 hook to a 45cm hooklength of 0.16mm Supplex Fluorocarbon.