I’ve
been looking forward to going back to Durleigh since I last fished it nearly 2
years ago. Today there were 10 So Simple members fishing and following reports
of bream showing yesterday we were expecting bulging nets and a good days
fishing.
I
had contemplated bringing a pole to fish short for roach, but decided against
it and just brought 2 feeder rods, both with method feeders clipped at 51m and
75m. At the start I spent nearly 15mins feeding my ‘short’ line with So Simple
Crush & BMG, micros, 4s and some corn, all boosted with baninion juice,
giving them a bed of feed to graze over later.
I
was expecting a slow start, but the following 3hrs were fairly uneventful, as I
switched between the 2 lines, I even tried dead maggot just to get a bite.
Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one. Trev on p6 and Dave were also blanking,
both of whom know how to catch the Durleigh bream and the grapevine suggested
it was fishing hard. Although no one had heard from Andy who was hiding behind
a tree on the end peg in the shallow water.
On
the 3hr mark, Dave landed 1, after losing 1 earlier and as he landed his, I had
an indication and a Bream on! At nearly 4lb it was a nice start, 2 more
followed within 45mins, including a near 6lber all at 75m on an 8mm yellow
gofter, I thought here we go.
The
following 2hrs 15mins I was biteless again. I was fairly single minded in my
approach i.e. only fishing the method, but both Dave and Trev tried all sorts
to get a bite and failed, so it was difficult to measure if I got it right or
not.
My 11lb 2oz was only good enough for 6th on the day; but 1 more bream would have brought me 3rd, so quite tight for the minor placings.
As
it happened Andy Seery found the fish in the shallower water comfortably
winning with 81lb 5oz. So well done to Andy. We were all pleased for him as he
works hard on the So Simple baits in the BOG shed, which we all appreciate.
2nd 19- 0 – Chris Whitehead
3rd 14- 5 – Mike Hosgood
4th 12- 9 - Jerry
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