Not being shy, I fished a 1.75lb Avon with 12lb line (no point in fishing light when it's dark and id rather bully them on past unforeseen snags). After a couple of casts without success, I was just about to rebait with I got a twitch on the rod, I call it the 10 second warning signal. You can almost guarantee a chub will tap the rod round shortly after, and it did, a pleasing 3lb 6oz
Two casts later, and within seconds of the feeder hitting the deck, the rod twitch a few times. Clearly a chub knocking bait out the feeder and it was a short wait for the next rap round, this time at 3lb 8oz.
This was very quickly followed by a chub of 3lb 1oz....
No more fish followed, but I was happy with that. A mouse spent the evening by my side each the grass!
Happy days
10lbs in about 10 minutes then! Can't be bad James
ReplyDeleteAs often happens with chub, the bites ceased as quickly as they came! What I probably should have done is moved downstream to see if the shoal had backed off, but with it being dark I was comfortable just sitting there
DeleteGood effort. Probably a good idea to sit tight, last thing you want to do is go in during the night.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more lee. Treacherous those river banks on a winter night, certainly pays to know the stretch well
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