Four-year wait for 3lb-plus grayling ends with two in two days!

A FOUR-year quest for a 3lb-plus grayling finally ended for Steve Ballard when an opportunistic visit to the River Frome produced a pair of fish weighing 3lb and 3lb 8dr.

The Leicestershire gas engineer had a job in Wareham and packed a rod and a few tins of corn in the hope that he’d be able to get some fishing in.

“I managed two afternoon roving sessions and landed the first three-pounder on the last cast of the first day,” Steve told us.

“On the second day I lost the bigger fish before resting the swim and hooking it again!”

Steve Ballard’s brace of grayling weighed 3lb and 3lb 8dr

Steve Ballard’s brace of grayling weighed 3lb and 3lb 8dr