Gary Newland headed to the inform River Lea’s Kings Weir for a trotting session towards the end of the season and upon arrival, he found that he was the only angler there.
Gary settled in a swim in the weir pool that he’s fancied for a while, It’s a spot that he had tried earlier in the year but found it too weedy to run a float through, however the recent floods had cleared the swim, which gave him an opportunity.
After introducing a pint of hemp, Gary introduced a pouch of maggots every few minutes as he tackled up before starting to fish. After about 45 minutes he had a bite way down the swim and hooked a heavy fish that he was sure to be a barbel.
It fought doggedly as he slowly brought it upstream, but when it surfaced, he was shocked to see a huge chub. Weighing 7lb 11oz, the fish is his new PB, beating his previous best by 3oz.
Well done Gary!