The answer to the question, is Norfolk’s River Yare quietly becoming one of Britain’s best match waters, the answer has to be a resounding ‘YES!” if the first leg of the Norfolk and Suffolk Winter League, pegged on the tidal Beauchamp Arms stretch, is anything to go by.
Deben rod Steve Dunn brought 126lb 13oz of bream and roach to the scales to win the match.
But second-placed Bob Bradford, of Fox Match, gave him a run for his money with 125lb 5oz.
Twenty 2lb-plus roach were weighed in during the match, which was fished in a strong flood tide with coloured water pushing upstream.
