A Cold Day On The Upper Kennet

[Catfish Virgin (Still!)]

Hi Claudia, having now fished Barton Court, I'm pleased I'm (we're) fishing Lower Denford on Saturday. There's less "other" fish at Denford but I reckon we'll do well with the grayling. They're a little smaller in average size but I reckon there's more of them.

Travel very light, but pack a fixed spool reel as well. Last year a couple of the guys had a lot of grayling from the really shallow stretches by touch ledgering (almost freelining) with a couple of SSG shot just bouncing along the gravel. Too shallow for normal float fishing except maybe using a "Trent Trotter" type set up (bit technical but I'll show you on Saturday!).

Looking forward to it.

[Greenheart]

Great report & pics Neil.

[Twiddler]

Thanks for the tip Neil, might have to do light ledgering anyway if my shoulder isn't getting better.

Trent trotter?????? what's one of them????

[fishypaul]

lovely pics and fish mate,well done

[Catfish Virgin (Still!)]

Originally Posted by Twiddler

Trent trotter?????? what's one of them????

Very short, dumpy little float, attached bottom end only (waggler style) designed by Billy Lane () for fishing fast, very shallow swims usually at long range. Great little float that "collapses" into the water on the strike rather than splashing through the water which causes enough disturbance for the fish to head for the sea!