Or should that be “the tug is the drug”? Either way I think I have a slight problem!
I think I need to target something else soon though, I’d quite like to tick a Zander off the list but I can’t really target them after work!
Maybe it will be more Chub 🤔
Til then, tight lines!
I finally got my two days off and boy was it worth the wait, I’ve had some enjoyable fishing indeed and quite pleased with myself for trotting small top waters into likely looking zones before pausing and imparting minute little twitches to induce some savage takes.
Friday was just the best, I had two 50cm fish which followed a 60cm fish right off the bat. These are the results I have been hoping for.
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| Terrible selfie! |
Lures used were the Taps Biedronka and DUO Koshinmushi.
I also switched to using some Keitech 2” Swing Impacts and Easy Shiners to finish up sessions with some small Perch and Pike, some of which can be viewed below.
Check out this photo I took on a dog walk, Friday evening too, just kinda like it!
Tight lines!
Having to reschedule two days holiday earmarked for fishing due to a Renault audit has been doing my head in, so I popped out after work this evening to just wet a line.
I picked a drain off of the local river Stour as I know it holds some decent Chub, boy was it hard going though! I tried everything from top waters to cranks, paddle tails and chebs, but all I could get were small Pike.
I don’t know if the solstice had anything to do with behaviour or whether it was the cooler air etc. Perseverance is key though I guess and eventually I got an off the top take using a Duo Koshinmushi, not an epic fish but very welcome and right on last light.
Please excuse the photo quality, it wasn’t easy in that light and with my phone.
Anyway, I was happy with that, hopefully I will find some lumps soon!
June 16th is a date coarse anglers up and down the country have been waiting for; I expect many like me had in the run up bought tons of gear they don’t need fuelled by the excitement and many anglers dreaming of how they’d like to see their season start.
Looking through social media on the actual day many anglers did very well indeed, lure anglers sporting photos of Chub ranging from 4lb to 6.5lb, Perch caught in the 2-3lb mark too.
Sadly my season start did not go quite so well. I got up at 04:00 but really chose the wrong venue, it is the venue I caught my two largest Chub on but I know very well it isn’t a consistent venue and while I found Chub, they were very small.
I also caught a ton of micro Pike.
It’s potentially good news for the future as the surface was alive with small Chub picking flies off of the surface, but not really what I wanted in the immediate sense.
As the sun rose I headed home for some breakfast and had a wee sleep.
In the evening I chose another venue prolific for decent Chub but there were bait anglers in all the decent swims, I spoke to a few and it was nice to hear their days were good with fish landed to 6 pound.
I did tempt some larger fish out from the overhanging trees with their foliage resting on the surface but could not trigger a take.
I caught some small fish though and it was still nice to get on the bank.
