Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
I went on our stretch of the Jubilee river trying out my new Chrissy pressy, a medium power Sonik spinning rod, and loaded with a favourite old 18g Abu Reflex spinner.
Only had one fish which seeing as I was after perch was a surprise. At first I thought a small jack and when it surfaced some distance away I thought chub. But then it betrayed itself with its surface action, like a washing machine. It was a sea trout.
No photograph as I like to get trout back as quickly as possible and with no handling, but unfortunately I did need to lay this down to remove the treble then it went straight back. Still, a very nice end to the year.
Edit, should add it was probably around 2½lbs. Nice!
Only had one fish which seeing as I was after perch was a surprise. At first I thought a small jack and when it surfaced some distance away I thought chub. But then it betrayed itself with its surface action, like a washing machine. It was a sea trout.
No photograph as I like to get trout back as quickly as possible and with no handling, but unfortunately I did need to lay this down to remove the treble then it went straight back. Still, a very nice end to the year.
Edit, should add it was probably around 2½lbs. Nice!
