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Roach:

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14and a half inches of silver loveliness..........

As ever,............

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A very fine fish sir!
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Wonderful.
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I found a gravel pit stuffed with roach this year, not big 12oz was about the best but it was great to catch a netfull!

The fish above is a beauty - 14-15in makes it around or over the 2lb mark!
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Glorious!
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Lovely
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What a cracking roach, Well done!
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Not jealous...... much. Well done Sir.
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Fantastic! Where and how did you catch it?
Where the willows meet the water...

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Tengisgol wrote:Fantastic! Where and how did you catch it?
Roach of this size are rarer than the proverbial hens teeth nowadays, especially the river versions. However, having been a studious Mole in their piscine habits for getting on for sixty years, can catch one or two every now and then :Wink:

The where is easy..... The Glorious Test :Hat:

The how is also easy.........maggot and waggler down the inside track. It's funny how techniques are forgotten, given time, but the waggler is still a very versatile running water method, when it is fished in the right manner and gives a presentation roach of all sizes fall for, oft times better than the stick!
Olly wrote:14-15in makes it around or over the 2lb mark!


Just over by a smidge and most welcome, believe me Olly.

Many thanks to every one for their kind words and here's hoping another of such magnitude comes to see me soon :Beg:

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