Few hours spare this morning, and a quick look at the gauge suggested my local Chub river hadn't come up too much, so armed with maggots,bread and both float and tip rod, i headed down.
Initially, it looked fairly coloured, but on closer inspection it wasn't too bad, so I started on float and mag.
The weather was very iffy, with some very squally wind and stinging hail showers.
This produced nothing, so tried a bit of flake on the float for the same result.
Out of interest, set up the tip rod with flake and had a small one that was on it before it had settled. That was it for that swim, so headed to the next which I had prebaited with a bit of mash and started on the float.
About the third run through the float bobbed a bit then buried, and i struck into a solid, nodding weight.
Got it about half way back before it woke up, and started boring for the willows on the far bank, before coming back and just thumping in the flow.
Steady pressure eventually took it's toll and I slipped the net under a real peach for here.
I hardly ever weigh fish, but thought this one had to be close to 4 due to its fatness,
and it was, 4 lb on the nose.
Fished on a bit but nothing else.
