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Wow,unbelievable Simon,fishing can confuse at times
Had the place to myself but it was a complete blank! I was pretty excited for my first 2020 session on a pond.
There had been some significant changes to this place following recent flooding and there was zero activity.
Excited to get back out soon, and hopefully with success next time.
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There had been some significant changes to this place following recent flooding and there was zero activity.
Excited to get back out soon, and hopefully with success next time.
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peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Yes, totally deliberate. I like mono.
steve2
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I totally agree, far more atmospheric.
Aknib
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A big well done to you and to all those who have contributed to it.
One million views!
A big well done to you and to all those who have contributed to it.
sylvanillo
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Hello! Finally I went out this morning, at least a day that appeared to be good enough to be outside. That is, not too windy, not too cold, and a sun that is able to warm up the heart (not the hands!) and that may potentially generate 1% of RDA Vitamin D.
I did have a good fun on the canal. Only roach, but good roach and many of them. All fell on a simple feeder rig with a 20 gr cage, 2 Dudules on the hook, and 2-4 bread "pellets" on a hair. In the cage, liquidised bread plus ground cinnamon.
About 3 dozens of the same size and missed many, many, many bites.
I kept fishing until I got nearly frozen!
Have a good evening!
I did have a good fun on the canal. Only roach, but good roach and many of them. All fell on a simple feeder rig with a 20 gr cage, 2 Dudules on the hook, and 2-4 bread "pellets" on a hair. In the cage, liquidised bread plus ground cinnamon.
About 3 dozens of the same size and missed many, many, many bites.
I kept fishing until I got nearly frozen!
Have a good evening!
theartist
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Yesterday I fished a couple of hours either side of lunch on what was a very swollen river which was over the all the places I used to sit. Two hours without a bite in various swims left me trying for a sole roach, anything would do and it was actually quite fun even if the wind was still biting. After lunch I finally got a bite that wasn't another bit of wood, fishing upstream in an eddy tight to the far bank, it's funny how one fish can make such a difference, I was over the moon and thankfully I was well off the beaten track so no one saw me fist pumping over a 2lb chub.
Went on to whittle out four more chub all the same size in exactly the same spot to an inch, flippin hard work but found it really rewarding
Went on to whittle out four more chub all the same size in exactly the same spot to an inch, flippin hard work but found it really rewarding
peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
9 codgers fished today at 3 locks, near Milton Keynes. Bit of a schlepp for me, took an hour each way.. it was worth it though, I actually got a bite!
In fact it was literally bite a chuck.
It was teeming with small roach and skimmers.
Single bronze maggot seemed to be irresistible to them. Light waggler fished 6” overdepth was how they wanted it today.
Weighed in 100+fish for 6:12:0 and came 3rd.
9:8:0 won it with 7:2:0 2nd.
In fact it was literally bite a chuck.
It was teeming with small roach and skimmers.
Single bronze maggot seemed to be irresistible to them. Light waggler fished 6” overdepth was how they wanted it today.
Weighed in 100+fish for 6:12:0 and came 3rd.
9:8:0 won it with 7:2:0 2nd.
Mark Wintle
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Having gone down with a nasty dry cough on Thursday with the bonus of strained abs from coughing and backache as a side dish I'd gone off fishing but yesterdaylunch time after a gentle gym session I decided on a whim to have two hours on the nearest bit of Stour. The breeze was downstream and I had to cross the river to find a more favourable swim on a river that has dropped dramatically over the last three days. I kept it simple, taking half a dozen slices of bread plus groundbait and once I found the depth second run though it was roach every cast for the short two and a half hours I fished. My back only played up when I took a picture of the best roach at 1-9 and a solitary dace at 9oz broke the roach monotony. I nearly made the century but a dropped fish put the rig up a tree at 93 so I called it a day at that point.
theartist
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Oh to get some roach and dace, I've been trying for them on a river that used to produce but this winter it seems to be either barbel or chub each time, there are cormorants overwintering and the club has just trimmed back some of the cover, with two weeks to go in the season I cannot work out the logic of that.
Bumped into Alan (Whitty) again today who was in a good chub swim catching mainly barbel, I struggled despite a little rove and managed just two fish, once again chub, mind you they were really good size for this stretch, not the prettiest but better than nothing.
Packed up at lunchtime as the rains came once again, the river will be a sorry trickle again come August
Bumped into Alan (Whitty) again today who was in a good chub swim catching mainly barbel, I struggled despite a little rove and managed just two fish, once again chub, mind you they were really good size for this stretch, not the prettiest but better than nothing.
Packed up at lunchtime as the rains came once again, the river will be a sorry trickle again come August
Started on the K&A canal, in several places flood water was running across the towpath and from the far side into a field. No bites so I swiftly packed up and moved to the Thames. It was really fast and heavily coloured - managed two roach by laying on bread flake over a reed bed.
Bad timing I know, no more fishing for a while in hospital tomorrow for an op. Blast, going to miss the end of the river season.
Bad timing I know, no more fishing for a while in hospital tomorrow for an op. Blast, going to miss the end of the river season.
Like the artist roach for me have been cormoranted well and truly. Most of my local fisheries are remote and they seem to have had free range to empty them.
Love them or not the carp are a good standby to get a few bites and a rod bend this winter the rivers being naff.
Back up on the Wolds today with a waggler/maggot and worm for 10 small carp to 8lb or so. Quite good fun on a match rod.
It was dry and the sun shone and as usual I had the choice of 3 lakes to myself.
Where is everybody.
Love them or not the carp are a good standby to get a few bites and a rod bend this winter the rivers being naff.
Back up on the Wolds today with a waggler/maggot and worm for 10 small carp to 8lb or so. Quite good fun on a match rod.
It was dry and the sun shone and as usual I had the choice of 3 lakes to myself.
Where is everybody.
As Rob said ive been in a good chub peg and only caught two,one around three pounds odd,the other four,along with several barbel,all on the float. When Rob left a guy had set up below me,he fished the float for about thirty minutes,then set up a lead(it was pi$$ing down by this point),after a couple of fruitless casts down his peg he decided to cast upstream into the narrow run i was trotting down,he knew this as he had seen my float,numpty...
theartist
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Yeah that sounds awful when said like that, sorryI'm just concerned what is a good mixed fishery is starting to become dominated by one species, hopefully it's cyclical
mikench
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I spent a very enjoyable afternoon with the Master on a local river. The levels had dropped considerably but the heights reached were evident from rubbish in trees over 20' above the river and debris in adjacent fields over 25' above the river . I cannot imagine what it looked like during the storms.
We yomped across muddy fields and set up legering with Avon rods . We used bread, halibut pellets and corn. It was dry, reasonably warm and deserted apart from the odd salmon fisherman wandering about. Tigger would have moved several times to find fish but he deferred to my laziness. We talked about all and sundry, had a laugh, discussed the woes of the world and time flew by until it was dark as we trudged back. The zip on my rod hold-all failed and i struggled to retain everything in the now open bag. If I had dropped anything it would still be there.
Sadly the one thing absent was the fish. We both blanked. As we said goodbye Ian asked casually " when are you going to France Jonah" I cannot think why.
We yomped across muddy fields and set up legering with Avon rods . We used bread, halibut pellets and corn. It was dry, reasonably warm and deserted apart from the odd salmon fisherman wandering about. Tigger would have moved several times to find fish but he deferred to my laziness. We talked about all and sundry, had a laugh, discussed the woes of the world and time flew by until it was dark as we trudged back. The zip on my rod hold-all failed and i struggled to retain everything in the now open bag. If I had dropped anything it would still be there.
Sadly the one thing absent was the fish. We both blanked. As we said goodbye Ian asked casually " when are you going to France Jonah" I cannot think why.
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I spent a very enjoyable afternoon with the Master on a local river. The levels had dropped considerably but the heights reached were evident from rubbish in trees over 20' above the river and debris in adjacent fields over 25' above the river . I cannot imagine what it looked like during the storms.
We yomped across muddy fields and set up legering with Avon rods . We used bread, halibut pellets and corn. It was dry, reasonably warm and deserted apart from the odd salmon fisherman wandering about. Tigger would have moved several times to find fish but he deferred to my laziness. We talked about all and sundry, had a laugh, discussed the woes of the world and time flew by until it was dark as we trudged back. The zip on my rod hold-all failed and i struggled to retain everything in the now open bag. If I had dropped anything it would still be there.
Sadly the one thing absent was the fish. We both blanked. As we said goodbye Ian asked casually " when are you going to France Jonah" I cannot think why.
We should have held off until today or better still tomorrow
.Never mind we had a good chat and some much needed exercise. It was worth going just for a chat and some fresh air.
The river didn't look good at all, looked like dirty ice melt and even felt like icewater when I put my hands in it!
Pity about the lack of fish, but I did have a feeling we would blank, saved us faffing about unhooking them anyhow lol.
Mike, do your headlights always swing/rock up and down? A number of times it looked as though you were flashing the high beam?