Sunday 27 October 2013

A challenging but rewarding morning on the river

It was really challenging this morning on the river. The river was still up, chocolate coloured and the leaves flying through. I opted to try for chub with meat and cheesepaste, an after finding a swim with a nice crease, but of slack and overhanging tree, I was soon setting up the drennan big feeder.
 
This swim produced pretty quickly, but the culprit was this chublet so I moved on to try others..



After walking a good mile without success, I started making my way back to try the swim I'd caught on. This time I tried some smelly cheesepaste, and the bite was again pretty quick, this time a much better fish had to be coaxed out of the snags at an ounce under 4lb. 



Then it was time to go, happy with the days work!

3 comments:

  1. Great blog Jim..keep it up! How do u manage your self take photies?... Don't want to be lumping a tripod with me down the wear/swale. Have a mare balancing camera on whatevers to hand! Lol. Any ideas?

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    1. Cheers mate!

      I have a mini tripod, it's no bigger than my hand but with extendable legs. Works a treat!

      Which stretches of the wear / swale do you fish?

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  2. Did'nt know u could get one so small..will have a Google and see what I can find..thanks mate! The day ticket stretch at Morton bridge..joining northallerton next year..and ferryhills waters on the wear.

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