Catch - 69 Roach, 2 Perch, 3 Minnows
Weather - Chilly, foggy start. Increasingly cloudy & breezy
Something different for Saturday, instead of fishing Lands
End, Mark suggested fishing the river at Barton Farm. Initially I said no, but
Mark persuaded me with tales of big bags of roach.
So at 7.30 the kit was being wheeled down to the river. The
early start was influenced by the weather with wind and rain being forecast for
later in the afternoon, so avoiding that seemed like a good idea. Another
relative mild week, but this morning was a little chilly, after the skies
cleared following some overnight rain.
I really wanted to fish the rod & reel, instead of the
pole, which meant a crowquill set at 10ft and a waggler to fish across in the
hope of a few late chub.
After feeding 5balls of groundbait (with some added mole
hill soil), with a pinch of caster, pinkie & hemp, I started on the
crowquill, feeding a small ball of feed every 5th fish. In the
meantime I kept feeding maggot across the river, but the waggler only produced
a few roach.
I certainly had plenty of fish, but mostly very small. I was
not bothered since it was nice to get out on the river and dust of the rods.
After nearly 4hrs fishing the wind was picking up and we decided to call it a
day. Mark finished with a nice net of mostly pole caught roach and a couple of
waggler caught pound chub, 10-7. I have no doubt a proper river angler would
have caught much more, or if I used a pole, but I had a plenty of bites, just a
shame I couldn’t catch anything bigger than 3oz.
1 comment:
You can't beat a good day on the river. If the river is slow moving I find the pole presentation can aid catching bigger roach. But there are days when the shoal in front of you is made up of little uns!
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