It’s the culmination of two winters he’s spent searching for the fish on North Yorkshire rivers and was braced with an impressive 6lb 13oz chevin. Sam had been fishing a couple of hours into darkness, using a paste as bait, when he had a gentle knock on his quiver tip which was later followed by a more positive pull. He struck into a heavy fish that thumped towards a downstream snag, but steady pressure he steered it towards the net. Once he lifted it out the water, he knew it was the fish he’d been after.

Well done Sam!