Last River session of the season .

Me and Chris headed up to the river hoping for Barbel. Upon arrival it looked like a walk down river of which you could see the devestation of the last flood.We set up and conditions were very windy, river was up slightly and pushing through, I fished one rod close in and one mid river, As the evening wore on the winds were getting stronger and watching the rod tips were hard work .

Chris was recasting and mid cast his right hand rod was twitching , by the time he put his rod down and Picked the other rod up the fish had gone. I was getting a few slight twitches on my short rod and was hoping for a big Twitch . At around 9-30 we had to call it a day the rain was coming and it was unpleasant .Glad we gave it ago , what a rubbish season it’s been either the Weather or floods have done all the damage. Anyways looking forward to June.
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Making Homemade River Feeders 8-3-2020

With the river season coming to an end and it hasn’t been good due to all the rain I’ve not fished the river as much this season . I decided to make some more feeders , I normally use hair curlers but on this occasion I decided on 32mm waste pipe .I ordered some cow leads of lower weights .

The pipe cost me £2-20 and I used a pipe slice to cut them 50 55 60 65 and 75 mm.

I bought 20 cow leads in total in weights of 30 40 and 50 Grams, £10-10

I already had the trace wire , you can use any . The swivels and the in-line lead inserts for 100 of each
Cost £9.60.

To make the boom cut 6-8inches of wire and slide swivel on

Slide the wire through the insert.

Slide on a crimp and pull tag ends to form a loop the crimp with a crimping tool to finish the boom.

The finished feeders, I used an old hinge for the holes , going to make a template for them for future drilling as I don’t have a work bench . Total cost works out at 68 pence compared to shop bought or someone that makes them . No big deal if you lose one. And if you catch it’s on your homemade feeders .Tight lines till I’m out again .