Lure fishing is great for...BREAM! - Chris Howell

“I was fishing my local stretch of the Basingstoke Canal and it was getting pretty late, but I decided I’d just make a few last casts into a bay that the boats use for turning round.

“There were some lily pads close to the far bank so I flicked my 0.5g red and white jig fly to the edge of them.

“I’d only twitched it twice when all of a sudden my rod bent double and my heart started racing!

“The fish headed straight for the lilies but with some light pressure I managed to pull it out. 

“Sliding the net in as the head came to the surface, I was stunned to see a bream come towards me!

“I was still happy to catch it, though, because it was my first-ever bream on a lure.”

Chris Howell and his lure caught bream