Big Rik Belenger and I paid another visit to our favourite roach hotspot Sway Lake in Hampshire last Wednesday.
2lb 3oz
The bitter easterly wind that has been prevailing for the last week or so was a bit of a nuisance, blowing stiffly right to left across us, making controlling a waggler rather difficult. Coupled with the largely cloudless sky giving very bright conditions meant a large bag of redfins was never likely to be on the cards.
But by fishing as close as I could to the marginal drop off across the long narrow lake and loose feeding red and bronze maggots with a bit of hemp, I managed to winkle out three nice roach.
2lb
I fished a single red maggot on a size 20 Drennan barbless hook to 1.1lb hooklength and picked up fish of 1-13-5, 2-0-0 and 2-3-5. Unfortunately Rik couldn’t hook one, but he made an excellent photographer for the day.
