WYN Jones proved why Lochnaw is one of the finest roach fisheries in the UK when his first ever trip to the venue produced a new personal best for the species of 3lb 2oz. The fish was the highlight of a week’s session at the famous Scottish venue with three fellow members of the Tenchfishers, who also each banked specimens ...
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- 23 May 2013
The Trent & Mersey Canal through Burton-on-Trent is an excellent but under-rated stretch of waterway containing a good mix of species, including a number of river fish, such as chub, due to the Trent entrance near Wychnor further south. The stretch is the chosen venue for the Division One National Championships this year, proving its consistency and the quality of ...
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- 23 May 2013
With the opening of the southern end of the dam wall, coarse anglers visiting Derwent Reservoir in Northumberland, have been taking full advantage and sacking up on nets to 30lb of prime roach.The 1000-acre venue, which has some of the most stunning views an angler could wish for, is absolutely stuffed with roach and now is a good a time ...
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- 17 May 2013
THERE aren’t many anglers who can boast of catching a 4lb perch and a 2lb roach in a single session - but Ian Henderson is one man who can lay claim to such a feat after banking this pair of specimens from a Hertfordshire stillwater. His first bite of the day came in the form of a 2lb 2oz redfin, ...
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- 15 May 2013
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- 13 May 2013
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- 13 May 2013
A FATHER and son duo has shared one of the biggest catches of specimen roach in angling history from the venue widely tipped to break the British record for the species. Allan and Neil Billington were rewarded for making the 350-mile round trip from their home near Lancaster to Lochnaw Castle Loch Fishery in south west Scotland where they braved ...
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- 08 May 2013
Big bags of silverfish have been dominating at Yorkshire’s None-Go-Bye-Farm and Darren Briggs needed an impressive 37lb 1oz of roach to top the field in a recent match. The Baildon-based rod drew peg 6 on the Bottom Lake and used caster on the long pole line from peg 6 to net fish to 1lb at regular intervals. Days later it ...
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- 04 April 2013
A DAY-TICKET fishery boasting one of the biggest stocks of specimen roach in the UK has opened its doors to anglers. A major winter netting operation at Abbey Lake in Gloucestershire revealed that the three-acre venue held more than 50 big redfins weighing between 2lb and just under 3lb, with a further 150 fish between 1lb 8oz and 2lb in ...
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- 27 March 2013
Bites have been hard to come by at many fisheries but not at Messingham Sands where Lee Harrison took 44lb of roach to win the latest match. The Maver rod drew on the North Day Ticket Lake at the Scunthorpe venue in the silverfish open event and used maggot on the short pole line to take samples to 1lb at ...
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- 12 February 2013
