Tuesday 2 August 2011

Tough Going...


Saturday 30 July
I'd seen some small trout while fishing for barbel, only about 6 inches or so, but decided to try and catch one. An afternoon float fishing maggots was in order - no trout showed but I did catch about a dozen small roach and dace, a lot of fun. The biggest roach was only about 4oz but they are very pretty fish so I decided to take a photo, it was at this point I realised I'd committed the blogger's sin and forgotten the camera - I think I'd forgotten it on the previous trip as well.

Thursday 28 July
An evening session after barbel with Darren, I tried whitebait, Darren stuck with luncheon meat - no barbel showed - they are wising up to us and nothing took a fancy to the experimental new bait. Darren had a couple of eels on meat, and for the last cast I switched to meat and added another eel! No barbel for a couple of weeks - need to do something about that...

3 comments:

  1. We all forget the camera from time to time, But well done on the catch, {Dead Baits ?} As for the Barbel and the Lucheon Meat, Have you tried dipping the meat into a some Marmite or Vegimite, Worked a treat years ago, Never know your luck Brian,
    All the best,
    ,,,Paddy,,,

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  2. Well, I'm joining you too. Blanks on last two sessions on Dynamite Shrimp Boilies. Rising water temps? We are heading to thos dog days of summer when it can get a little difficult, for sure. I had a wander down the lower bits to find some new swims, but nothing stands out. V difficult access around King George V park. The river is seperated by a concrete berm around Summerley Street/Steerforth street and runs very shallow indeed. Not a sign of even a minnow! Might have to look elsewhere....Jason

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  3. Cheers Paddy, you've reminded me - we were using luncheon meat in curry sauce last year and they loved it. I'll give it a blast next time.

    Hi Jason, yeah it's getting tricky, a couple of people have told me they are feeding early mornings at the moment so I'm going to give that a try. And I'm also on the look-out for some new swims. See you on the riverbank soon.

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