A visit to the Hampshire Avon paid off in style for Gwyn Davies, who tempted this roach weighing 3lb exactly.
The specimen was tamed on a 17ft rod, which helped Gwyn control the beefy 8g Avon float he was using.
His hookbait was a bunch of maggots on a size 14 hook which, rather than fishing over matching feed, he instead presented over liquidised bread mixed with hempseed.
He fed this regularly in small balls to prime the swim.
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