See it, cast to it, catch it!

A fine piece of opportunism lead to the capture of this immaculate rudd by John ‘the vicar’ Broughton.

He was struggling for bites during a match on Astwell Mill, belonging to Towcester and District AA, when he saw the bright golden fish swim by his peg.

Wasting no time at all, John dropped a freelined caster right on its nose and the fish took it without hesitation.

Fellow competitors joked that it could have been a case of ‘divine intervention’ helping him to make the catch, but either way, someone up there must have been smiling down on him!

For more info about the club’s waters, log on to www.tdaafishing.co.uk