Sweetcorn a winner for huge grayling

A TROTTED grain of sweetcorn was all Mike Lyddon needed to tempt this stunning 3lb 1oz grayling on a trip to a southern chalk stream.

The Surrey rod spotted the fish in crystal-clear water and watched as it turned and engulfed his hookbait just inches from the bank!

“I spent five minutes playing it with my heart in my mouth as it powered downstream,” Mike said.

“It’s been a while since I had a fish turn me into a gibbering wreck like that!”

Mike Lyddon and his 3lb 1oz grayling