| #1  06-21-2006, 08:12 PM | ||||
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 Bradford on Avon 21/06/06 Went back to the Town Water in Bradford on Avon Today to try for Bleak & minnows again for the Species hunt. Found a nice secluded swim in some bushes, where nobody could see what I was fishing for  . Downstream View  Upstream View Set up a waggler float & size 22 hook baited with maggot. Catapulted out some maggots as loosefeed, cast out & the float went straight under. Target species 1 A Bleak...  Then I saw a few Minnows swimming in the margins, so I baited with a single pinkie & freelined it in front of the shoal. 5 seconds later, target species 2 a Minnow....  Good start!!! now with the hard work over it was time for some proper fishing.  Set up a feeder rod with 6lb line, 5lb flourocarbon hooklength & size 12 hook with hair rigged luncheon meat for bait. Cast to the far bank beneath an overhanging tree. Tip went straight round & I had a nice little chub of about a 1lb. Next cast same thing happened. This time something pulled back very hard. After about five minutes I pulled this over my landing net.....  A 4lb 2oz Chub. Best one so far this season. During the next 2 hours I had a few more small chub, but nothing special. Then it started to rain. It was almost my dinner time, so I decided to have one more cast. Tip pulled round again & I was into another big fish. This one took even longer to land & turned out to be another Chub weighing dead on 4lbs.  All in all a successful day & not bad for a free water.  Just to make the day perfect, I had a kingfisher diving from a bush next to my swim & showing me how the experts catch Minnows.  __________________ One man's fish is another man's poissons http://www.deepsea.co.uk http://www.wildtrout.org     |
| #2 06-21-2006, 08:16 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bradford on Avon 21/06/06 Looks a lovely water there and what cracking chub  __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #3 06-21-2006, 08:18 PM | |||
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| Re: Bradford on Avon 21/06/06 brilliant ian  nice to catch what you after some great pics of the spot looks good . good report aswell no chance me catching minnows not got any hooks small enough tightlines kevin  |
| #4 06-21-2006, 09:43 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bradford on Avon 21/06/06 Well done Ian, looks such a wonderful place to fish (don't know of anywhere round here like that, maybe Kev does..) and free as well. Nice one matey, keep it up. __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #5 06-21-2006, 11:22 PM | ||||
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| Re: Bradford on Avon 21/06/06 looked a top session there GH nice pics as well __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0 |
