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Thank heavens for Chub

Cold Winter Day It has been very cold for the past few days. It was -7 yesterday morning and -5 when I awoke this morning. I am glad that we have a local river as all of the ponds and canals are frozen solid. As I headed out today I knew that there was only one species that might take…

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Snowy Day

Chilly Day It was supposed to stay dry until lunchtime but the snow started about 9:30am and persisted on and off most of the day. I was hoping for some Chub but tried lobworm, cheese paste and breadflake all to no avail. Early afternoon I got one bite from this nice Perch on lobworm. You can tell that the water…

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Pre-baiting, No Result

Great Expectations Having had a couple of nice Bream from peg 25, I decided on a pre-baiting session to see if I could get a shoal of Bream feeding. Therefore I went out at 7:30am and lunchtime for each day from Mon to Thu, intending to fish it on Friday. I really had no idea how much to feed at…

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Nice brace for late Nov

Patience Required I fished the middle lane at Ellenthorpe in the deeps (peg 25). It was a full day session with not much activity. However, the lobworm turned up trumps when I hooked into a very fit 5lb river Bream at 1pm. Then around 2:40pm, I hooked into a hard fighting Barbel that was a real surprise. I wasn’t expecting…

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Nice Roach

Chilly & Foggy Day This was a fairly chilly day with fog rolling off the field and down into the river. I persevered with worm (alternating between lobworm and dendras) then started to get a few taps. I ended up with a few medium sized Perch and a couple of nice Roach. One was exactly 1lb and was a bit…

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