Reports in the angling press this week suggest that the countries rivers are seeing a Roach revival with match and pleasure catches being the best for 20 years.
The angling times reports that a match on the River Yare in Norfolk was won with a winning weight of 58lb of Roach with three other 40lb nets of Roach and an average of 18lb of Roach per angler for the rest of the field. Match organiser Keith Ford said it was the best match he has seen in over 20 years and that every peg was now producing good weights of silverfish. This is excellent news after it seemed silverfish sport on our rivers was in a continual decline. And its not just on the River Yare that things are improving. Rivers such as the Thames,Trent and Wye are all showing much improved silverfish form as are many others country wide.
It is hard to pinpoint exactly why there are so many silverfish in our Rivers this year. Many Roach experts talk of good year classes. This is when the conditions allow for a large percentage of the fry to survive and to go on to grow to be adult fish. The fact that we have not had the terrible summer floods of recent years could have a lot to do with the upturn in Sport and the huge numbers of silverfish that now seem to be in our rivers. Whatever the cause it would seem the fish are there this year just waiting to be caught.
Roach fishing can be terrific fun. Although many anglers think of the Roach as a winter target they can also provide great autumn sport August and September being great months to target them with a light float outfit. All you need is a match rod and a waggler set up with a pint of maggots and you too could put together a 50lb bag of pristine Redfins.
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