She told us “I had prebaited the river the night prior, the following evening I arrived at the river around 7pm. As I had put some bait in the previous night I only baited up lightly in each spot. Around 8.30pm I put another handful of bait in each spot then half an hour later my rod screamed off downstream. From the moment I struck, I could tell it was a big fish and it wasn’t long before she weeded me up but after some gentle pressure she was free. The fish then started coming towards me so I loosened the clutch in case she decided to run off which she very much did. After a few minutes I managed to slip this beauty over the net and she was finally mine!