Fin-perfect Trent roach falls to pellet hookbait

A BANDED 4mm pellet has accounted for one of the largest recorded river roach of the season so far in the shape of this 2lb 8oz beauty. 

The fin-perfect silverfish was the largest of around 20 roach taken by Newark-based ace Alfie Naylor, who fished the pellet offering alongside liquidised bread on a middle stretch of the River Trent.

He tells us:

“Just before dark I hit into an aggressive bite which I thought was from a bream, but then this huge roach broke the surface and I started praying that it wouldn’t come off!”

Alfie Naylor and his 2lb 8oz Trent roach