Targeting the River Lea, he found the venue with a foot of extra water in and a tinge of extra colour.

Feeding a few big pouches of maggot whilst he tackled up, Simon used an 8g Loafer to combat the extra water and a size 20 Super Spade. On his first trot, he had a surprise roach, and with confidence on a high, he upped the feed. Shortly after, the float buried but he lost the fish to a hook pull, but 45 minutes later he was into a heavy fish. Pinning itself to the bottom out in the main flow, Simon slowly worked it upstream, with the fish going on several powerful runs before finally hitting the net.