The river season is finally here and I have decided to
join Avon AC based out of Melksham, I decided on this club as we fish the
winter league on their waters and also they have got a few well hidden carpy
looking areas as well.
The first trip saw me popping down for an afternoon, I
decided on a peg in the late 20’s along riverside drive as there is easy access
and I would be pretty much left alone by all but dog walkers.
The plan was simple, chopped worm and caster at 6m and
then a waggler under the far bank tree with maggot and hemp, I started on a
1.5g Drennan Trio float but later swapped to a 1g Caralusso Torpedo to see if
it would make a difference, it was not a lot in the steady flow. Hooklengths varied
from 0.12mm to 0.16mm as I got bitten off by an eel mid-session so then stepped
it up a bit. I was feeding through a
bait dropper and caught small perch pretty much all day. I managed a few roach
and bleak on the wag but it was only getting used to rest the pole line and it
never really took off. I ended up with
just shy of 8lb of bits and really enjoyed it.
The following weekend saw me down there again and I aimed to
go further upstream and find some stick float water, however I had packed too much
kit and the banks were still virgin so I took discretion as the better part
from valour and went back to the early 20’s.
This time I took it as a match and had multiple lines on the
go, a pole line at 13m where I fished 3 rigs for roach and perch, a whip line
at 3m for bleak and a waggler line. I fed a bombardment of groundbait on the
pole line and again caught a lot of perch which was a nice surprise, I managed
a few big bleak feeding sloppy groundbait and also some nice roach on the
waggler. In all it was a nice couple of days and it was good to get back on the
flowing water.
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