Only one cast needed for 2lb 13oz roach

DAI Gribble wished he’d packed away just 15 minutes into his 48-hour session after his first cast produced the only fish of the trip – a magnificent 2lb 13oz roach!

The two-time Drennan Cup champion pinned his hopes on Oxfordshire’s Linch Hill complex for a big redfin and said he hadn’t cast out his third rig before one of his other rods signalled a twitchy bite.

Dai’s specimen devoured the head of a medium-sized dendrobaena worm nicked on to a size 18 hook.

This was fished in conjunction with a helicopter rig and a groundbait feeder crammed with chopped worm and Sonubaits Black Roach groundbait.