A Brace Of 2,S 18 November 2017

Well I was really looking forward to my first proper perch session of the winter but first I needed some Lobworms.My usual place I was getting them from you can get them once a fortnight but the last lot I had were Rubbish.So I went online to Willys Worms and ordered them before lunchtime Wednesday and they arrived Thursday afternoon,well packaged and looked top drawer.I decided to take my float rod and pin and ledger rods if the weather was rainy and I'd fish static with alarms.I arrived at the lake and the weather was predicting 7 degrees,North westerly wind and higher air pressure than last Saturday.I opted to float fish and headed to a peg I fancied where there is a slight drop off in the margins.I fed little and often and with little happening apart from the slight drizzle I headed back to the van for a butty and a brew.i went back to the peg and had another 30 minutes.I decided to move and fish another spot.Another nice deep margin spot that in an hour all it produced was a small perch.I decided at 1pm to go back to the morning peg and stick it out till dark or when I couldn't see my float.

I carried on where I left off feeding little and often and a few chopped lobs went in aswell.As the afternoon wore on my float was lifeless,it was cloudy,overcast it looked pretty perfect but seemed I would have to wait and be patient and hope the perch would feed.Good signs were fry jumping to my left and plenty of fish topping.As I sat there mid afternoon I topped up with a few more bits of Lobworms and within a few seconds my float sank I counted to 3 and struck,Fish on ,centrepin clicking,rod bending as it put up a good scrap.It went over the net,it looked good too I was happy my patience had payed off.

2.7 and a new PB by 3 ounces,well chuffed.I could of gone home and settled for this but onwards and upwards let's see if there was going to be more to come.I re baited my hook,fed the swim,swung the float out on the spot and poured my last coffee and kicked back knowing mission completed and was just trickling some maggots in aswell .It was probably a good 30 minutes before my next bite,a dip on the float and moved to the left and I struck,this felt better as it was heading for a snag.I got it under control and a few lunges and the stripy was in the net.Looking at the fish in the net I was thinking it was off similar size.Back out with the camera.

And it was bigger,And another PB 2.15.......

It was a wide fish,look at its belly.Time for one more I thought,wishful thinking on my part,as the light faded and I was struggling to see my float,I packed up very happy and headed off home.

Till the next time bloggers,Tight Lines .

No Lobs Just Maggots.11-11-17

Today would of been a Perch fishing day but no Lobs meant I would have to target something else on the lake.Now before I go on and no doubt Chris will be reading this at some point and throwing is turmeric outta the pram,The fish I would be goin for would be ROACH (Sorry Chris ).Anyway let's get down to what was happening and where.Well did you really think I was going to say where I was fishing HAHa...........LOL....So I would be fishing two rods,both on maggot feeders and maggot hookbaits .Id be fishing the deeper water in someone's favourite peg Shhhhhh He he.Upon arrival it was misty and low pressure,quite warm too.By mid morning all I had to show for my fishing would be two drop backs and no fish caught.The mist was still quite thick and I could still see my far bank markers I re casted my right hand rod,sat back and poured a coffee,then just as I was relaxing the bobbin dropped back ,rose and hit the rod blank.Fish on,felt breamy with a couple of jagged knocks until it kited under my other line.I guided it safely away and now I'm thinking Big Roach.As I slipped the net under my prize I realised now that my roach dream was a .........................

Tench,you wouldn't believe it would ya,it's November aswell.As the morning wore on I managed 4 Roach in lovely condition a Skimmer and plenty of drop backs then nothing.The sky had cleared,the sun was out but the temp had dropped from the morning.The fishing now was non existant has I paced my drink and cigarettes out of boredom waiting for my next bite,and yes it was another small roach followed by a skimmer.Before the witching hour approached I had a nice perch.As darkness approached nothing was happening,no Ciggarettes or coffee left and time to pack up and head to the Chippy to warm up.I learned some things today,1 I got the hook pattern wrong ,a lot of drop backs caused lost fish .And No 2 don't fish ya mates swim.........

Cold maggots "................

Anyway till the next time bloggers,Tight Lines ..............

November 5 2017 Dream Team on the River

It's been a long time since the dream team fished together.Yes Chris is back out for our winter campaign,glad he's covered the motorbike up and is always a pleasure to fish with him,by the way it was his idea of dubbing us the Dream Team.Anyway let's get on with the blog and I'll tell you all about it.We had discussed midweek the plan was to fish a stretch of the ribble if the levels permitted and we had a stretch in mind,well I thought so till Chris said fancy going to a different stretch,so me being so kind we headed to the different stretch.When we arrived it was blue sky's,no cloud cover and full sunshine.You can't order the weather you won't so make the most of it and let's go for a long long walk .I had two tactics today,tip rod,maggot feeder and maggot on the hook and then switch to liquidised bread and bread on the hook for some chub .Chris would be on the pin fishing maggot trotting.

Chris getting prepared to wade out.

Float on its way through on first trot.

Chris casting out.3 Trout and a grayling and then Chris came back for a brew.I was still waiting for my first bite and as Chris sat down ,2 Taps I'm in.Grayling on for me .

After the grayling this was followed up by two trout.Chris was back trotting and was into more trout.After lunch we moved into another swim.Chris swapped to feeder now .Wasnt long before I was catching dace one a chick,only small.Chris had a few too.As the day wore on we moved again ,time for some bread I thought and Chris wanted to trot a swim he'd had success in before.We settled in to our different swims.The conditions were still bright and I was convinced I might get some chub action .

Chris running his float through his new swim .Id  managed a couple of minnows on maggot before I'd gone in with the bread.Chris could only manage another minnow whilst he was trotting.The bread wasn't working.The sun was dropping slowly,temps dropping so one more move.

 The last trot for Chris but it wasn't happening.

My new companion,I'm sure he wanted me bread........"......................

A lovely day,not great for fishing.Enjoyed being out with Chris again.

Tight lines,Till the next time.