18/10/2024 - Trotanostering, mugged on the Soar again!
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Had about half a pint of maggots to use up courtesy of one of my wife's
experiments with her Year 13 class. It had started out as a full pint, so
she was a...
4 minutes ago
Interesting. I once put a jelly crayfish in a swim full of chub and they departed in every direction. Was it that little green job that enticed the barbel?
ReplyDeleteI thought I had some jelly crayfish here - they might work on barbel. A brown version of the ‘little green job’ scored the take (and was destroyed in the process).
DeleteThink I’m going to use smaller lures and be a bit more delicate in my approach next time - I was basically pike fishing for barbel - probably scaring the crap out of them!
Sounds like a plan. Small and soft lures cast or trundled down to fish you can see should work. Mate of mine has had plenty on nymphs.
DeleteI’ll give it a whirl. And one on the fly is still on the list - I seem to like making life difficult for myself ;-)
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