where can i catch big roach
Channel: Fishwish
Date: 2020-11-22

where can I catch big roach

Lockdown Fishing - Part 3 

Despite having access to some of the best fishing in the south west, I am obliged to fish as locally as possible during lockdown so  I am back on the River Chew in Keynsham Memorial Park.    

There's not many places where you can fish for free and long may there continue to be free fishing in parks, to encourage beginners and those who are less able to travel.  In my other recent angling videos I have been roach fishing as this little stretch of river was once reputed for having some very big ones, but I haven't seen or heard of any being caught for almost a decade.

In my first attempt, I am forced to fish for Barbel and Chub as the river is running too high.  My second attempt, I manage to catch roach, but only small ones.  This time, scaling down made the difference.  It's not success, but it's progress.  I only ever use hook to nylon, but this time I tie my own using 2lb Drennan Supplex to a fine wire spade end Kamasan b520 hook and show how to put one loop through the other to attach.  Leaving a bow in the line after casting out results in some very positive takes and I'm no longer wondering if there is any big ones in here.  Free lining lob, I finally catch a roach that I can call decent, but they're shy fish and it's difficult to catch them on camera.  The head torch scares them off and the fishing is more important than the vid.  I eventually hook something really big and say fish on oh it's gone, before wondering is it a roach. I am compensated with a fish that is knocking on for a pound, but it's not big enough to beat my record for the venue, which is a roach of 1lb 4oz.