Big roach is fooled on a drop shot rig

Imagine Dan Eave’s delight when this specimen 2lb 2oz roach grabbed a worm on his drop shot rig. 

The redfin equalled the predator fanatic’s personal best and was taken from a tributary of the RIver Thames. 

Dan Told Angling Times: “After catching and weighing a 3lb 9oz perch I received another bite on a big lobworm.

“This felt like another decent fish – so you can guess my amazement when I saw this huge roach break the surface!

“It weighed 2lb 2oz, equalled my personal best, and is most certainly my biggest-ever from a river!

“All in all I was left very pleased with my morning’s work and arrived home by 10.30am, having caught two specimen fish of different species.”