Maggot fools prime 1lb dace

There aren’t many anglers who can boast of the capture of a dace over the 1lb mark but Roman Vann is one of them now!

He was fishing a southern chalk stream when he netted the specimen (above) that took a feederfished maggot hookbait.

The specialist from the New Forest also banked another fish just over the 1lb mark that were all beaten with a size 16 hook.

“Fishing upstream with a big bow in the line helps convert finicky bites in to hook-ups,” said a delighted Roman.

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