A long time without a blog post - and it has been a real grind on The Wye. Mostly double dipping; one rod with a deadbait, one with a maggot feeder & worm hookbait for perch - no pike or perch, just a couple of chub for my efforts! And it was cold, cold fishing!!
So with a sunny afternoon and a rise in water temperature I thought I'd see if I could find a flood water barbel. Nothing special, just a cube of luncheon meat in likely looking areas. And two barbel (to 8lb 1oz), a chub & a surprise eel reminded me of what catching fish felt like!
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James has had far more luck, adding another barbel to his 40 River Double Challenge. Number 28 - and it was a whopper! |
Winter on the Wye is a grueller at the best of times Brian but, they will feed harder over the next few weeks.
ReplyDeleteHopefully enough time for one more Wye pike before the season ends… Fingers crossed!
DeleteMate, it has been very hard. But we are still out there trying, that has to at some point account for something.
ReplyDeleteWell done on your Barbel, even with the temp increase its not been easy.
And cheers for the plug, what a special that was, fourth season of my challenge and had a 15+ each season, but theres still time another leviathan.
Tight Lines geez.
Cheers. And well done on four 15+… A sixteen can’t be far away.
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