chub on the severn?

[crutchley]

Hey all I fancy giving chub ago on the severn this week as fancy a change from zander,
I've made some cheesepaste and got a few lobworms liqudizdez bread and hemp oil ready, but was just wondering what size hooks best for thelobs n cheesepatse? And what rig's best and what line to present it on?
Also if I use a cork ball on the hair for the paste do I use a bb shot to keep it balanced?


Thanks

James

[chazyboi]

freeline bread under the undercut banks ,or use a chubber float ,,i fish trimply arly ect for them and barble a swim feeder crammed with goodies works over hemp they arnt that hard to catch another fav is a large worm legerd or floated

[chris.oldgit]

Hi James,
dependent on snags in the swim 6lb / 4lb line, lighter line, better presentation.
hook sizes 10s 12s 14s, used with a small cage feeder, and crumb based g/bait + whatever extras you have mentioned, as chas said, fish undercut banks / overhanging trees / rafts off flotsam, anywhere there is cover for them to hide under.
dont bother with a cork ball, this will make the hookbait act unnaturally, hooklink approx 20" long, you could fish with either a fixed feeder or a slider, I would use a slider with a swivel in line, less resistance on the take.
hope this helps

[chazyboi]

its pretty un snaggy where crutchley fishes steve i know it well and deep ten ds to be a feedr water

[crutchley]

cheers guys will take it on board :

see i was thinking.. 8lb mainline str8 thro to a 10 hook or a 6, 2 ssg shot on a sperate peice of line cmin off and cheese paste directly on the hook and elt it bounce around on the 1oz quivertip.. but would that entice a bite off a big old rubber dub?

btw ots about 14ft deep the peg ive found which is snaggy as hell but no features to fish to

jay

[chris.oldgit]

if your going to use 8lb mainline, make sure you use a lower b/s hooklink if its that snaggy, should you get snagged the fish wont be tethered and possibly die.

[crutchley]

cheers
yeah ull use 4 or 6lb lower hooklink

[cheef87]

simple feeder tactics will work ive found chub love corn although ive caught them on everything tbh,feelined bread is a killer to,the setup you speak of sounds good plus theeres a good chance of a barbel so i wouldnt go to light,do some prebaiting and rove,being stealthy if fishing close in especially as chub are very spooky fish

[chazyboi]

cheef hows the stour looked at baa web site they have a stretch other side of churchill is it any good that far up for barble might buy a ticket in january

[crutchley]

finally sorted my rig out!
6lb or 7lb line str8 thru to a size 10 hook with cheesepaste on with a cage feeder stopped up the line full of breadcrumb with abit of hemp!