You can't hone anything on a commercial,the first day I mentioned a mate caught 56 carp on a bead fished a foot deep,wasn't even the same colour as the pellets he was feeding,a runs water to me is somewhere with a good head of fish,not bunged full of them,all your actually doing is proving to yourself you can land a fish,if you enjoy it fine,I certainly do not and would rather blank and do...
How did you get on?
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mikench
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Had a day at Dunham Fishery today with Gordon ( Wetthrough) and had a successful day or rather he did.
we both float fished and Gordon had crucians, skimmers, roach, common and mirror hitting 50 fish in total. Yours truly struggled and only managed 20 mainly skimmers with a few roach all on maggot. A guy in the next peg took pity on me and gave me some "dead reds" and I immediately started to catch but more bream.
The weather was warm and sunny and we discussed Tackle and trotting on the river If we dare. Well done Gordon and thanks for an enjoyable day as usual. No pics as it never occurred to me.
we both float fished and Gordon had crucians, skimmers, roach, common and mirror hitting 50 fish in total. Yours truly struggled and only managed 20 mainly skimmers with a few roach all on maggot. A guy in the next peg took pity on me and gave me some "dead reds" and I immediately started to catch but more bream.The weather was warm and sunny and we discussed Tackle and trotting on the river If we dare. Well done Gordon and thanks for an enjoyable day as usual. No pics as it never occurred to me.
wetthrough
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Another enjoyable day thanks Mike. pic:
Mike's float is in there somewhere. The butterly was a Comma Mike.
Mike's float is in there somewhere. The butterly was a Comma Mike.
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Had a day at Dunham Fishery today with Gordon ( Wetthrough) and had a successful day or rather he did.
The weather was warm and sunny and we discussed Tackle and trotting on the river If we dare. Well done Gordon and thanks for an enjoyable day as usual. No pics as it never occurred to me.
“Never occurred to me” get a grip man.
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mikench
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That must have been the moment the float submerged Gordon.
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Another morning on the local reservoir ending up with three real bream,between 3 & 4lb, and two skimmers.Had two kingfishers zoom past just missing the end of my rod and later the pair of peregrines seen on Saturday flew over again,circling upwards.
mikench
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Only saw a few moorhens, gulls and mallard today one of which I hooked. Thankfully the wide gape size 18 hook became even wider in gape and the duck flew away.
sam vimes
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Another away day to the stretch of river I fished yesterday. This time armed with a little extra information, courtesy of the local tackle shop. Fished a peg with a bit of match form, having produced both roach and bream nets in the last couple of months.
The first snag was that it wasn't going to suit my favoured trotting style. I had to go with the waggler. Had I known in advance that it was barely three feet deep, I probably wouldn't have fished it. Fortunately, the fish didn't seem to mind.
Ninety two dace, six roach, four perch and a solitary chub. Nothing bigger than a couple of pounds, but thoroughly enjoyable none the less. I would have stopped at ninety dace, but the chub turned up late so I had to see if he had brought some friends along. Back with five minutes to spare for the England match too.
The first snag was that it wasn't going to suit my favoured trotting style. I had to go with the waggler. Had I known in advance that it was barely three feet deep, I probably wouldn't have fished it. Fortunately, the fish didn't seem to mind.
Ninety two dace, six roach, four perch and a solitary chub. Nothing bigger than a couple of pounds, but thoroughly enjoyable none the less. I would have stopped at ninety dace, but the chub turned up late so I had to see if he had brought some friends along. Back with five minutes to spare for the England match too.
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First Barbel for months this evening, kinda makes up for breaking the quiver section on a beloved Shimano Technium Specialist yesterday (not really) but they don’t owe me much I’ve had them about 17 years and still have them as a pair of Avon rods. Haven’t fished much over the last few weeks as been very busy with the newly opened BnB. Blatant plug:-https://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/35-avenue-lobbe.fr.html?
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Another day chasing the big Trent roach. Sat all day with not one single tap on 12mm boillies but at 5pm a change to double 10mm pellets saw me tangling with what felt like a good Trent Barbel that went ballistic on my very scaled down gear of a six lb bottom line and a wide gape 16 hook.
It won!!
An hour later I connected to a fish that felt very much like my target fish-- a good one but it found refuge in the marginal rocks and came free -- aaarrrggghhhh!
A recast and an hour later at dusk the rod buckled over and I was into another good BB. On my light line it took full advantage and took off downriver at a fair lick and playing it back upstream was hard word but eventually it was finally in front of me in midriver. At that point it found a snag that had me thinking It was going the same way as the first fish earlier on.
I felt a sickening "twang" and luckily the fish was still on and I was left thinking the line was likely to part at any point when the fish decided to dive or turn sharply.
Fortunately it held and I was able to slip the net under a fine Barbel that went 12-1 on the scales--- a nice fish to compensate for those lost a little earlier.
It won!!
An hour later I connected to a fish that felt very much like my target fish-- a good one but it found refuge in the marginal rocks and came free -- aaarrrggghhhh!
A recast and an hour later at dusk the rod buckled over and I was into another good BB. On my light line it took full advantage and took off downriver at a fair lick and playing it back upstream was hard word but eventually it was finally in front of me in midriver. At that point it found a snag that had me thinking It was going the same way as the first fish earlier on.
I felt a sickening "twang" and luckily the fish was still on and I was left thinking the line was likely to part at any point when the fish decided to dive or turn sharply.
Fortunately it held and I was able to slip the net under a fine Barbel that went 12-1 on the scales--- a nice fish to compensate for those lost a little earlier.
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I went back to the day ticket river water again yesterday, a bit more luck this time. I decided to go back to basics and ditch the big fish fishing and what I know best, float fishing with sweet corn and bread. I looked this water up and it appears to be mainly a roach and bream section with some big eels to 6lb, no thanks. I am sure there will be carp and tench in it though but maybe next summer will be best.
For the first two hours nothing and then the fish started biting, I was surprised to see it was nearly all Rudd with one Roach caught. All mid river, trotting with an old battered big cork float that’s a sort of favorite of mine at mid water depth, nothing on the bottom, all came on a single sweet corn on a 14 hooked, the bread just got mauled by tiddlers, and half a tin of hemp was thrown in.
A very enjoyable hours fishing in the end and a really nice spot, ticks boxes, on the bus route which is a nice journey through the countryside reading my paper, nice village, nice people, nice pub and cafe and a nice slow river and I have not seen one other angler on it in the 3 times I have fished so far.
It's a nice find for me, once I learn how to fish it which I am I think, might get some good fish.
A Kestrel, a few Warblers, loads of dragonflies of all description and wasps, becoming a nuisance now.
For the first two hours nothing and then the fish started biting, I was surprised to see it was nearly all Rudd with one Roach caught. All mid river, trotting with an old battered big cork float that’s a sort of favorite of mine at mid water depth, nothing on the bottom, all came on a single sweet corn on a 14 hooked, the bread just got mauled by tiddlers, and half a tin of hemp was thrown in.
A very enjoyable hours fishing in the end and a really nice spot, ticks boxes, on the bus route which is a nice journey through the countryside reading my paper, nice village, nice people, nice pub and cafe and a nice slow river and I have not seen one other angler on it in the 3 times I have fished so far.
It's a nice find for me, once I learn how to fish it which I am I think, might get some good fish.
A Kestrel, a few Warblers, loads of dragonflies of all description and wasps, becoming a nuisance now.
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wetthrough
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Good luck with the B&B it looks nice.
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Thanks, booking rates have been over 90% for August and September so far, the work eats into fishing time, but at least we can heat and eat this winter !
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The river has been dour since all the last rain ran off, so I met up with Steve on Sunday morning at the tench lake. It looked fine on a warm mid-morning, but Steve had been out before dawn on an early shift and said there's been a hard frost. Whatever the reason, the tench weren't moving - literally, as even if you got a bite it was a "was that a bite?" tremble of the float. We caught roach, perch and four or five tench each, and the sun was just the right temperature and made up a bit for the slow sport
Tuesday, I decided to try the river. As I drove up the track, I stopped to ask a couple of people coming off how they'd got on, and the replies weren't encouraging. It looked like another afternoon sitting in the mild autumn weather was the most likely outcome.
I walked a fair bit to get to a swim that lends itself to a float, to find a big freshly fallen branch stretched out into the swim right in the flight path of any hooked barbel, so it was a sit-down followed by choice of what other swims were in the area.
Things proved as difficult as I expected, and I got a total of two bites. This one was small enough to unhook in the net
and the second one was a bit bigger
Both came to small bits of meat freelined on a hook with lead wire wrapped around it, which I tried after getting nowhere with bomb or float.
Tuesday, I decided to try the river. As I drove up the track, I stopped to ask a couple of people coming off how they'd got on, and the replies weren't encouraging. It looked like another afternoon sitting in the mild autumn weather was the most likely outcome.
I walked a fair bit to get to a swim that lends itself to a float, to find a big freshly fallen branch stretched out into the swim right in the flight path of any hooked barbel, so it was a sit-down followed by choice of what other swims were in the area.
Things proved as difficult as I expected, and I got a total of two bites. This one was small enough to unhook in the net
and the second one was a bit bigger
Both came to small bits of meat freelined on a hook with lead wire wrapped around it, which I tried after getting nowhere with bomb or float.
barbelboi
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I’ve had had a few sessions on the local river and streams over the last couple of weeks after the resident chub. Plenty of smaller ones on the ‘lead’ and some larger ones on the stick.....Also some dace and roach in the mix.
flightliner
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Kev, were you on the shallows rolling the meat?
steve2
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Due out today for the first time in weeks. Everything packed ready for a day lure fishing then somehow I have managed to break a finger and now can’t use my left hand.
Try again next week. Is someone trying to tell to pack this fishing lark in?
Try again next week. Is someone trying to tell to pack this fishing lark in?
mikench
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How did you manage that? I doubt your finger will mend in a week.
steve2
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Believe it or not drying myself after a shower I slipped and hit the bathroom door frame. Finger now twice its normal size and strapped up. Think it might take a bit longer than I hope to heal.
mikench
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Be careful with it. I fell of a ladder Nearly 2 years ago now and dislocated my little finger. Despite having it straightened and physio it remains bent and can be painful in very cold weather. Some things just do not mend/heal properly for men of a certain age.