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ANOTHER LOVELY CHUB-LEA

- with RICHARD LEE

THE River Lea in Hertfordsh­ire has delivered another great chub with an

8lb 1oz specimen.

Den Poole banked it using traditiona­l mobile tactics which have earned him the nickname ‘The Wanderer’.

He carefully prebaited several swims but it wasn’t until light levels dropped that he cast a line.

The Essex decorator presented a link legered

10mm boilie, over a small bed of maggots and pellets, close to an overhangin­g willow tree.

And after 20 minutes his rod slammed round and he connected with the monster chevin – his second eight-pounder from the Lea.

EFFORTS to restore the Hampshire Avon as a top roach fishery looks to be paying off after a 3lb 2oz monster was landed.

After stocks plunged, the Avon Roach Project was launched to improve spawning habitats and restock fingerling­s.

The three-pounder fell to Mark Everard, while trotting breadflake, on the Winkton Fishery.

A PERCH deadbait helped Andrew Stacey bag a personal best zander in the lower reaches of the Severn.

The stripey was presented at the bottom of the marginal shelf, with the bite coming in the early hours of the morning. CRACK match squad Drennan Barnsley Blacks will represent England in the World Club Float Championsh­ips.

Blacks dominated the qualifier on Furzton Lake with Matt Godfrey (26lb

10oz) and James Dent

(18lb) first and second.

 ??  ?? SUPER PIKE: It’s pike season and predator fanatic Terry Knight is off to a flier with this brute of an esox from the River Wye. It fell to a float fished mackerel tail and slammed the scales down to 29lb.
SUPER PIKE: It’s pike season and predator fanatic Terry Knight is off to a flier with this brute of an esox from the River Wye. It fell to a float fished mackerel tail and slammed the scales down to 29lb.
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