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
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
After a long, hard winter everyone is in need of a confidence boost, and the huge roach shoals at Willow Springs Fishery are certain to give you just that. Local ace Glen Tucket is one visitor that has reaped the rewards of ignoring more established venues for this hidden delight. Angling Times joins him to see how he fishes it. ...
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- 30 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
Ahuge roach of THREE pound thirteen ounces from the Hogmill stream that flowes into the thames just above Kingstone bridge south bank .it is well know for its big fish but I have never heared of a roach of this size coming from there , a grat fish.
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- 12 February 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
A decision to brave heavy rain and driving winds proved more than worthwhile for Scott Ashworth when he netted this 3lb roach from Lochnaw Loch. The fishery boss pitched up on a renowned hotspot at the Scottish silverfish haven and rigged up a simple helicopter feeder rig with a worm and maggot cocktail hookbait. “The conditions were horrendous but when ...
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- 12 February 2013
Angling Times joins top matchman Steve Winter on the banks of the prolific River Welland in Spalding as he reveals his bait and rig tricks to catch big weights of roach. See our new Winter Hotspots Series every week in Angling Times - out every Tuesday.
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- 05 February 2013
MATT Jackson set himself the target of catching a 2lb-plus roach this winter - and he achieved his goal with this fine 2lb 12oz specimen from the Hampshire Avon last week. While most anglers stayed indoors to shelter from the recent icy blast, the Salisbury-based factory worker made the short trip to his local stretch of the waterway and was ...
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- 30 January 2013
Angling Times joins top matchman Martin Greene on the banks of his local River Ouzel to show you how to catch big weights of roach in the cold. See our new Winter Hotspots Series every week in Angling Times - out every Tuesday.
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- 29 January 2013
