He revealed:
“I arrived Linch Hill on Thursday evening and it was really busy, every swim bar the corner swim was taken, so I had to drop into peg 21. Upon arrival, I heard the fish out in the middle of the pond, so I knew this was the area I needed to get to over the following couple of days. Nothing happened in 21, but throughout the night the amount of activity I saw just confirmed that middle zone was going to be the one. Luckily, peg 4 was free the following day, so I dropped straight in behind him. This swim commands a perfect central area, so I was quick to get the kit round.

“Once set up, I had a lead about and found a lovely silty area in amongst some weed beds. I knew this would be perfect for the time of year, with the decline in natural food I was sure they would respond well to this area. I went in with three noodle rigs with Manilla Dumbell Wafters and all three rods tight together on the same zone. I baited with 10 midi spombs of my chosen mix and didn’t get the first bite until the next day.

“That day looked really bland and I thought the chance was over, when out of the blue, my middle rod ripped off and I had a lovely 29lb mirror. All the bites seemed to be coming in the day, so I knew over the next few days I needed to have the rods in at all times. Nothing else happened that day but I was still confident going into the next night. I topped up the zone with 8 spombs and got fresh rigs back to the same zone.

“The night was uneventful and the next day came around, I was up early watching the water and I had seen fizzing on the area every time the wind dropped. It got to 12 o’clock when I was just stood watching the water, when suddenly the left-hand rod was away. After a deep battle with the fish, it weeded me up and I was fearing the worst. However, due to having braided mainline everything started to pull through nicely and a giant weed bed moved towards me. I scooped everything up and thought nothing was there, when I spotted the tail of a carp! I began peeling the weed back and was amazed when I saw a huge common. I was sure this had to be one of the big commons and it was, it turned out to be The Box at 44lb 10oz. I slipped it in the retainer for a minute to sort everything out and the other rod on the spot was away! I played it in and it turned out to be a lovely 34lb 8oz half linear, I couldn’t believe I had two fish within 30 minutes. Once I was sorted I got all the rods back out followed with more bait and went on to have 4 more fish in the next 3 nights up to 41lb 8oz. What a dream session it turned out to be!”