"This was a grayling I didn't want to lose" - Jamie Cartwright

“I was roving along a southern river when a fish rolled on the surface in a swim. I flicked in a few grains of corn before following them with a matching hookbait fished under a five-swan loafer.

The bite finally came further down the swim to where I saw the fish roll, and on setting the hook I knew it was a better fish than the 2lb 2oz grayling I’d caught earlier, as I couldn’t draw it upstream!

After what seemed like ages, I got the fish up to the surface where I got a good look at it, and knew it was definitely a grayling I didn’t want to lose.

Luckily the gear I was using was up to the job and I bundled this absolutely flawless 2lb 14oz grayling into my net. It beat my previous best by 13oz.”