The River Arrow - Interlopers and Infundibuliforms

I wouldn't say I sneaked out the house, but I felt a bit guilty when I closed the door at just gone 6.00am to head down to the river Arrow. There was no way Sam would get up at that time, but he was up for going again and was a little peed off when I came in to our bedroom to see I wasn't there.

I could have twiddled my thumbs for an hour I suppose but last time here Sam did most of the fishing and I hardly got a look in !!!

Armed with some lobworms I fancied to see if they would tempt anything other than Chub that we've been catching using our standard breadflake approach. Perch being the obvious culprit to take the humble worm, but maybe even a long extinct barbel if there was one still lurking on this stretch.

The river was low and gin clear in places but small rivers like this often have deeper areas and obviously lots of cover where the fish can get some sanctuary. 

I started at the downstream pegs and worked my way up where I'd finish up in one of the deeper swims above the weir that is much wider and slower. The lobworm was getting interest straight away in most swims but the bites were just coming from the chub.

Not the bigger ones that reside on this stretch but a next year or two group down. 2-3 lbers but in lovely condition like most of the chub are on this stretch. I thought I'd have a perch or two, but they were suspicions in their absence even though I'd spotted a decent fish here the other day that was almost by my feet. 

I caught a 3lb 6oz trout here back in March and I was always wondering since that capture if there were still some milling about. But no it was chub all the way for this short session, I'm sure when there is a little more colour in the water that would help, or maybe I'll try an evening in to dusk instead.

I do love catching chub though and I finished off on 7 of them so plenty of bites. Even the weir didn't produce a bite on the lobworm which I was surprised about. 

For the part of the session I gave a swim above the weir a go but not even a bite up there when downstream I was getting little indications on the tip there was small fish nibbling at the worm. I'm a rather impatient angler though as I'm sure if I move the bait around the swims a bit I'd have managed to get a bite.

I got home to Sam having a moan 😝 but then he had a right to do so. I promised to take him later anyway, unless he changes his mind that is. !!! So a little disappointed with this trip but I'm sure the conditions didn't help. There is a match on here tomorrow so hopefully they will fair better than I did.