RYAN NETS TERRIFIC TREBLE

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RYAN HAYDEN has netted the hat-trick of the season after banking three monster roach for almost 10lb!

The big-fish angler was tackling a Southern still water when he went on a silver fish spree, luring 3lb, 3lb 3oz and 3lb 10oz specimens.

A single three-pounder is thought by many anglers to be a fish-of-a-lifetime, so the haul is one of the greatest redfin catches in history – with all falling in a half-hour feeding spell.

Ryan relied on long-range maggot feeder tactics, with short Drennan Supplex Fluorocarbon hooklinks, and size 18 Wide Gape Specialist Hooks.

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THE biggest barbel of the season in the River Trent has been caught at a weight of 18lb 8oz.

Captor Matt Hughes connected with the whacker on an overnight session.

It beats his previous best of 16lb 12oz and was lured on a hair-rigged boilie, presented with a PVA bag of pellets. ®

PREDATOR angler Phil Davies went in search of zander on Rutland Water when his lure was grabbed by a surprise 12lb 12oz bream.

The rare capture proves just how predatory most coarse species can be and underlines the potential of the trout reservoir as a mixed fishery.

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CARPER Simon Kenny is enjoying a run of big fish – his latest a mirror known as ‘Armageddon’.

It slammed the scales down to 50lb 10oz and was braced with a 37lb 6oz mirror from RK Leisure’s Kingsmead One pit in Berkshire.

WALK THIS WEIGH: Big perch are one of the most prized of Britain’s coarse fish and Dan Sales tempted this specimen whilst wandering the towpaths of the Midlands canal network.By staying mobile, Dan covered miles of water working a Texas-rigged rubber lure tied to a Sufix Invisiline leader.