True Alan.
The Great Ouse is a small river really, in the stretches that we both know well.
The Ivel in comparison is a brook.
I have to say I'm still amazed with the size that some of the Ouse fish reached - given the size of that river. Just look at the Martin Bowler video (was it catching the Impossible?) - it's hardly moving and yet still a tiny river.
I remember old **** Morris catching a 13 pounder on the Ash tree peg back in the day on breadflake ... in the days when the record was about 15 pounds iirc.
I also couldn't blame anyone for not disclosing fish, or venues - given the number of people who seem happy to not bother doing their homework and the effects they can have.
My local stretch of the Warks Avon has been pretty popular for a decade - plenty of big singles and low doubles to be caught. It's a limited membership club - but some of the pegs still get fished pretty much every day and evening though the summer and autumn.
The Great Ouse is a small river really, in the stretches that we both know well.
The Ivel in comparison is a brook.
I have to say I'm still amazed with the size that some of the Ouse fish reached - given the size of that river. Just look at the Martin Bowler video (was it catching the Impossible?) - it's hardly moving and yet still a tiny river.
I remember old **** Morris catching a 13 pounder on the Ash tree peg back in the day on breadflake ... in the days when the record was about 15 pounds iirc.
I also couldn't blame anyone for not disclosing fish, or venues - given the number of people who seem happy to not bother doing their homework and the effects they can have.
My local stretch of the Warks Avon has been pretty popular for a decade - plenty of big singles and low doubles to be caught. It's a limited membership club - but some of the pegs still get fished pretty much every day and evening though the summer and autumn.