DISCLAIMER: This fish was caught before March 15th 2025!
Alfie Lane enjoyed a superb end to the season on the Hampshire Avon where, after landing an 18lb 12oz barbel, he also had this fine 8lb chub. The stretch is a popular one, and Alfie was having little success in the more pressured swims. But he’d kept his eye on a more out-of-the-way area and spent a few days trickling pellets into a swim with a slack and a big drop-off a few rod lengths out.
Later he presented a trimmed- down garlic boilie on the spot and, as the f, he saw a good fish roll over his bait.
It wasn’t long before his centrepin reel screamed into life, and the 8lb chub was his reward.
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