Britain's longest river has anglers in Severn heaven!

ANGLERS fishing the River Severn for chub are currently being treated to some of the largest specimens ever seen on the river.

Topping this week’s reports are a pair of 7lb-plus fish, with the highlight being a 7lb 4oz monster.

Roger Carswell was the fortunate captor of the larger specimen, which he described as one of the biggest Severn chub he had heard of, in his nigh on sixty years of fishing.

The Shrewsbury based rod told Angling Times:

“Recent conditions on the River Severn have been exceptionally good for January and it's been a dilemma whether to target chub or barbel.

“Following a couple of decent chub and a 5lb barbel, the swim went quiet, and I was considering a move – then the tip bent purposely around again.

“After a bum-twitching fight, I was soon looking down at the flanks of one of the biggest chub I’ve ever seen in my landing net.

“Severn chub do seem to be getting bigger in recent years, this may be due to the reduced barbel population – I’ve had quite a few six pounders over the last couple of seasons.”

Roger’s fish fell to a piece of bread flake mounted on a size 6 hook tied to 6lb hook-link, with a 2oz cage feeder delivering liquidised bread loose-feed.

The second biggest chub from the Severn this week fell to Phil O’Callaghan, who caught a chunky 7lb 2oz fish from the upper river.

Bread was also the winning bait for Phil, who followed up his new personal best with another fish of 4lb 11oz – both on link legered flake.