The first cast I had a bite on the drop, one of the fastest bites I've had whilst fishing, missed it though sadly, so I re-baited and again a fish took it on the drop. It was obviously a chub as it was trying to get in to every snag possible, a decent fight, not massive but a nice fish in cold conditions.
I've a new rod to replace the one I broke last week and it's first outing I was eager to try a new rig out, it's a new MAP in-line cage feeder filled with liquidised bread and a 15" method feeder hooklink, fitted with a Korum quickstop which makes hair rigging bread discs a piece of cake. 4 or 5, 12mm bread discs are compressed and secured on the hair and a single AAA shot an inch from the hook keeps the bait just off the bottom.
A bite every chuck on the bread I couldn't get passed the small dace, switching to lobworms I quickly caught a small Perch and another small Chub
For my first trip to the river I enjoyed it, certainly plenty of fish, a healthy river and handy as it's a minute away. Could do with a bit more water in it, as was quite low but I suspect the snow melt may help with that. I stayed for a couple of hours and made the most of the remaining snow and took the kids sledging. I'll be back.
Nice to see you catching on a new river Mick.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like the stretch I tried to check out a couple of years ago but I wasn't sure if I was in the right place and no-one was around to ask.
Is there a specific parking area, or is it just a case of parking anywhere (away from the house obviously!)? There was a lot of scrap dotted around the grounds if I remember correctly.
You can park anywhere Sean, the farmers son turned up and seemed quite a nice chap, you can fish the extent of their farm which is half decent stretch, two fields basically and ends at a small weir. You can fish both sides by the way, there is a small bridge which is opposite the house and it makes the swims a bit more accessible. Is so handy for me so I will be trying it again soon. It's a typical farm so yeah quite a bit of scrap about, oh and about 8 horses :) nice venue though, surprisingly quiet and peaceful.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to get bites so quickly, a refreshing change as the Stour and Avon are a bit slow going for me at the minute.