Roach

[Cliff Turner]

lots of roach in the Severn, every time Ive switched to 6mm pellet this season I've caught roach, some well over the pound, nice to see.

 

[Simon Burt]

Nice start to the Autumn.

 

[Bob Watson]

I'm wondering how instant pellets would be for Roach on a stretch of River that doesn't get fished much.

Not as instant as bread or maggots.
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Little tale that still amuses and pisses me off in equal measures.

A good mate and myself were at a local stretch of the Tees a few years ago, sat pretty close to each other. I was fishing liquidised bread in an open end feeder with a small pinch of flake on the hook hoping for a decent roach. My mate was fishing halibut pellets hoping for a barbel, I guess you can see where I'm going, he had a 2lb 14oz roach on a 14mm hali' so pellets can be quite instant for roach

 

[Simon Burt]

Nice trip today on a bit of the BA that I haven’t fished before. Lots of decent sized roach - probably more than I caught in the whole of last season. Unfortunately lost something that felt big but roachy and broke the 1/2oz tip on my bomb rod when the line got twiddled round it while unhooking a trout. I’ll be back for more when there’s some colour in the water.

 

[Steve Roffey]

Good signs for the future on the Severn, been fishing a maggot feeder as backup to my float fished worm while perch fishing and catching lots of roach in the 6"-8" bracket, with a few better ones to over a pound. Yesterday the quiver tip never stopped moving from the moment the feeder settled.

 

[Graham Elliott]

Few fish from today. Some very good dace

 

[Alan Rose]

Lovely grayling, Graham