Thursday 2 March 2017

Spring Sprung?


Beautiful day, far too nice to be sat in front of a monitor so I made my escape, I headed to the river, the plan was to take the stick 'n' pin for a walk and put some miles on my new fishing boots.


I found minnows where I hadn't seen them before, looks like they're getting ready to spawn - I'm really hoping to catch a male in full spawning colours before the season ends.


I found a shoal of roach, might have to come back with a keepnet - see if I can bag a few without spooking them. A 2.2oz gudgeon that I managed to drop back without a photo.


And I found barbel; about 2¾lb (pictured), 7lb 7oz, 6lb 10oz and 4lb 9oz. And watched lots more ignore my bait - as well as watching carp that weren't getting fooled.


In fact I spent more time fish watching than fishing, and explored a lot of river wandering back and forth. My Fitbit says I walked 30.8km today (19 miles) and my legs think it's more!

Right, what's The Wye doing? Rising?!? WTF?

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    1. Yeah, one I'll look back on in the closed season. It's not all about big fish, it's just great to be on the river.

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  2. A great day, well worth the aching legs.

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    1. Definitely. I'm surprised just how far I walk when I'm fishing - and people think fishing is a lazy hobby!

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