Massive mirror tops mega haul of four fish from legendary Colne Valley venue.

At 47lb 8oz this beautiful mirror was the icing on the cake for well-respected carp angler Mark McKenna during a session that saw no less than four fish over 34lb banked.

Testing out a prototype bait for his company Bait Craft at the legendary Savay Lake in the Colne valley, the massive hit of fish – including the 40 known as the Black Mirror – came after a run of blanks at the venue, but we’re sure this more than makes up for it.

Mark’s week-long session at the venue which saw him fish the nights and go to work through the day, coincided with a full moon phase – a time of the month that often sees the bigger Savay fish go on the feed.

“When I got there on the Sunday morning a round the lake patrol in search of Savay carp lead me to the canal bank,” said Mark. “I got off to a relatively fast start with a 37lb near leather followed by a 34lb 8oz mirror, an old fish which featured in Rob Maylin’s book Tiger Bay, published way back in 1988. Then followed a new common at 36lb and then finally the mighty Black Mirror at 47lb 8oz on Saturday morning.”

Not wanting to take any chance with the big Savay fish, Mark’s tackle consisted of 18lb ESP Syncro XT mono with a 25lb Two-Tone coated braid hooklink to either a size 6 Curve Shanx or size 3 D-7 Raptor hook.

To keep an eye out for the Mark’s new bait keep checking back to Bait Craft here and for more details on the tackle he used visit ESP here.