If your dream could come true.

hunters moon · Apr 13, 2014

if your dream could come true and you landed a british record what fish would
it be and what method would you have used.
not an easy question I know but mine would have to-be the roach, big roach haunt my dreams and the method used is trotting a stick float down a long glide using a centre pin reel .

....I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily without regret.
....Roderick haig-brown.

andreagrispi · Apr 13, 2014

Roach for me too, also on a river, trotting with a stick float.

Ray Daywalker Clarke · Apr 13, 2014

I have been there and done that. Records mean nothing any more, and are not worth all the BS that goes with it, Trust me, I know.

andreagrispi · Apr 13, 2014

Well, put it another way - I would love to catch a 4lb+ true roach off a river....especially a smallish river like the Nidd, Yorkshire Derwent, Great Ouse etc.

binka · Apr 13, 2014

Perch for me on a floatfished lob

paul1234 · Apr 13, 2014

Gudgeon all the way!!

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nicepix · Apr 13, 2014

I wouldn't know what a record weight was for any species these days. And in the event I wouldn't have been able to claim it even if I wanted to, which I don't.

S-Kippy · Apr 13, 2014

Ray Daywalker Clarke said:
I have been there and done that. Records mean nothing any more, and are not worth all the BS that goes with it, Trust me, I know.

I wouldn't mind finding out,Ray. I suspect a record roach,on the float from a river is most people's Holy Grail. Its certainly mine but I doubt I'll ever have to worry about the BS consequences.

But I carry a decent hat with me at all times just in case !

terry m · Apr 13, 2014

For me definitely the Pike, but definitely not from Chew or another trout water.

Preferably from my local Avon or Stour.

Derek Gibson · Apr 14, 2014

Another vote for pike, but it would have to be on a lure. Sadly it will have to remain a dream as I dont fish anywhere these days that realistically hold a fish of those proportions.

Ray Daywalker Clarke · Apr 14, 2014

S-Kippy said:
I wouldn't mind finding out,Ray. I suspect a record roach,on the float from a river is most people's Holy Grail. Its certainly mine but I doubt I'll ever have to worry about the BS consequences.

But I carry a decent hat with me at all times just in case !

Do they do hats that size :wh

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It was my Holy Grail also Skippy, and i am happy that i did it. Should i ever be lucky enough to catch another record, trust me, i wouldn't bother making a claim, put it this way, I trust the record committee as much as the Angling Trust. You know how much i love them.

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terry m · Apr 14, 2014

Derek Gibson said:
Another vote for pike, but it would have to be on a lure. Sadly it will have to remain a dream as I dont fish anywhere these days that realistically hold a fish of those proportions.

You never know what's lurking below Derek!!

Ray Daywalker Clarke · Apr 14, 2014

Derek Gibson said:
Another vote for pike, but it would have to be on a lure. Sadly it will have to remain a dream as I dont fish anywhere these days that realistically hold a fish of those proportions.

Derek

Very true Sir, very true. Very few waters have fish of record proportions, and if they do, catching them is a different matter altogether. The sight of a massive specimen laying in the net is something i will never forget. I just hope others get to see the same sight.

Lord Paul of Sheffield · Apr 14, 2014

perch for me , from a unknown small lake - not sure i'd claim the record though, maybe just take a photo and put it back

trotter2 · Apr 14, 2014

I don't think record fish have the same credibility any more, Mans intervention has made the record books a bit of a nonsense subject. Once a 5lb tench was something to talk about.

flightliner · Apr 14, 2014

Roach, float, river Trent. Tis but a dream.

beerweasel · Apr 14, 2014

"Burbot", after reintroduction.

Paul Boote · Apr 14, 2014

With apologies to Martin Luther King.

"That a fish, a mere, measly, pea-brained, dead-eyed fish, whether little or large, can just be fished for and enjoyed and not be turned into some to-be-fought-over and to-die-for product."

Dream on.

Peter Jacobs · Apr 14, 2014

Not being all that concerned with record fish, but still having a dream I wish to come true . . . . . . .

So, anyone out there who might happen to know Laurianne Gillieron at all well maybe you'd like to give her my number?

"Call me""

Paul Boote · Apr 14, 2014

Good call, Peter.

If anyone can help me out with Oona Chaplin, I'd be very grateful.

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