First Double of the season 17-7-20

After a hard day at work I’d made my decision to head to the river .I arrived just after 7pm to a packed out car park and even though I had a few places I’d like to fish they were all taken .I decided to fish a peg I’ve fished before and to be honest I wasn’t really feeling it .Tactics we’re going to be different from the norm, I made my mind up to try a rod a few rod lengths out in a deep hole .I fed Boilie and pellet on the spot and left it there for the duration hoping for a big un .My other rod would be PVA bag and pellet upstream .It was a cloudy evening with a bit of spitting rain at times . At around 8pm I recast the upstream rod .I was now getting a few pulls then one big 3 foot pull and I was into a good fish that decided to head down river under a melting clutch .I had a few scary moments as it headed towards a near bank snag and after guiding it away at the second attempt and netted my Prize .

11lb 1 and a new PB for this stretch .As darkness fell and the bats were out in force flying in and out of my rods I managed a lovely chub .As the evening wore on apart from a few twitches and nothing on the close in rod I packed up at 11pm happy and headed home.
Tight Lines and Stay Safe everyone x

No Barbel , Just Chub 12-7-20

Glad to be back out on the river, this was my second session .I went couple of weeks ago and fish a low and clear river wishing I hadn’t gone to be honest .So tonight would see me at a different stretch with a bit of water on due to the last 2 weeks of wet weather we’ve had . Plan of attack was PVA bag filled with pellet and crush boilie ,Hook baits pellet & Boilie . At around 7pm I had my first bite and it was a chub which fell to the Boilie .As I sat there I was thinking I should of fished a feeder , but plugged away with regular 30 minute casts .It was a lovely evening sat there away from other anglers on what can be a busy stretch .As the evening wore on I was getting plucks and knocks and at around 9pm I re positioned both rods and sat back with a coffee taking in the wild life .

The chub I had around 7pm .Just before darkness fell I took a few snaps of downstream of where I was .

Who wouldn’t want not to be sat here looking at the sun going down.A great evening but I’m afraid only a chub and no Barbel.
Till the next time ,Stay safe