Floods see side stream throw up monster chevin

THIS CLONKING 7lb chub nearly took Mark Austin through every snag in the swim but with a bit of force and determination he finally steered it into his net!

It proved to be Mark’s second 7lb chub of the season which also came from a stretch of the River Great Ouse near Milton Keynes, although the fish were in a different area this time around…

“All the recent floods had moved the chub into a side stream of the main river, which is normally overlooked as it’s shallow and narrow,” Mark said.

“I legered some meat paste under a sunken tree and I soon hooked this chub, which powered off downstream through lots of snags, and I had to really put the pressure on land it.”