Advice needed please

[dave fish]

ok been for a stroll down my local canal and went a bit further than normal found a really good spot where an overflow from a res miles up the valley pours into the canal seen some perch swimming around and the water is crystal clear but the flow looks quite heavy as it pours over a small weir how would i best go about fishing this spot all help welcome
cheers dave.

[BoldBear]

Originally Posted by dave fish

ok been for a stroll down my local canal and went a bit further than normal found a really good spot where an overflow from a res miles up the valley pours into the canal seen some perch swimming around and the water is crystal clear but the flow looks quite heavy as it pours over a small weir how would i best go about fishing this spot all help welcome
cheers dave.

I used to fish a quiet part of the Grand Union canal where a small fast stream entered it under a small bridge under the towpath on my side of the canal, I used to catch good sized Perch there and the method I used was to fish a big size ten hook baited with a couple of maggots after small gudgeon, and after hooking one of the right size I used to check that the hook wasn’t obscured and just swing it out gently in front of the shoal of Perch. I used to catch lots of Perch from about half a pound up to around the 2.5lb mark. I had to keep low and move as little as I could otherwise I would scare the Perch shoal away and not see them again for a while.

The Perch seemed to be preying on the small gudgeon and minnows that were in and around the stream so they would always be in the vicinity of the stream.

Sometimes I took a small whip with me to catch small minnows and gudgeon from the mouth of the stream plus a rod baited with the minnows and gudgeon I had caught, after the Perch.

There were also some nice Chub which used to hug tight to the far bank and occasionally enter the stream along its edge which I also fished for if I wasn’t after the Perch, either using minnows or using fresh caster.

But both the Chub and the Perch where very wary and if there were people walking up and down the towpath they would often be absent or at least in hiding.

[fskscarle]

You could use a heavy ledger weight, I fish canal 90% of my outings and when I'm against heavy flow that's what I do. Give your line a bit of length and the current will play to your advantage by 'waggling' your bait about, this ads an extra attractiveness to the bait especially if you are using worm, which on canals I highly recommend.