Avon roach beyond anglers wildest dreams!

It has been a very special season for anglers fishing the historic Hampshire Avon for the country’s favourite species, the roach.

This week, like so many before it, has seen the capture of some fantastic river redfins. Here are the best reported to us…

Charlie Dawkins 2lb 1oz and 2lb 6oz roach 

“I’d set myself the target of catching big roach and I knew there were specimens to be had in my local stretch of the Hampshire Avon. 

I trotted double red maggot and with probably around 30 minutes of light left my float finally sunk. After some encouraging it was soon in the net – a 2lb 6oz beauty.

On the next cast I hooked into another fish of 2lb 1oz! My knees were trembling – my first brace of 2lb-plus roach felt amazing!

Fred Harris 2lb 2oz roach 

“I was already on a high after landing a 2lb 5oz roach, but the session that followed a week later was beyond my wildest dreams. Targeting the Hampshire Avon again, I waded into my swim and sprayed maggots to a far bank slack. 

It was exciting to see the occasional ‘dark shape’ drift out from the vegetation to pick off the odd maggot and in six trots I hooked six stunning roach all over 1lb, but the best came just before dark.

The float sunk and I made contact with a much heavier fish that stayed deep. I eventually banked a 2lb 2oz roach that capped off a great day.”