| #1  09-21-2006, 08:40 PM | ||||
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 Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 After reading Mithrandir & Twiddlers report on catching Ruffe on the Kennett & Avon Canal. I decided that as I needed a Ruffe for the species hunt, I would give it a go there today. Got the Directions to Honeystreet from Mike (Mithrandir) Stopped at the tackle shop in Devizes for some bait & a day ticket (£3.50) & arrived at the venue at about noon & found a nice looking swim.  View to the right.  View to the left.  View in front (Vale of Pewsey White Horse) Mixed up some groundbait consisting of whatever I had left in my tackle box from previous trips. A mix of Middy Strawberry carp flavour, Van Den Eynde Secret & some brown crumb.  Fed a line of groundbait the full width of the canal to intercept any fish that might be passing.The conditions were ideal. The water was slightly coloured & there was a nice surface ripple. Loose fed a few pinkies & set up a 4m Whip with a small float & size 22 hook on a 1lb hooklength & baited with maggot. The fish fed almost immediately & I started to catch some nice roach, Perch & Bream up to about 1lb apeice. I hooked one very large & Angry Perch that I estimated to be about 3lb+ But on such light tackle & a Bleakwhip, the result was a forgone conclusion. Kept feeding every cast & the fish kept comming. I ended the day with a nice mixed bag of fish (Approx 20-25lb) including Roach, Dace, Perch, Bleak, Skimmer Bream, Bronze Bream & Gudgeon. Sadly though, no Ruffe.  All in all a nice day & nice venue. Thanks to Claudia & Mike for the info. I packed up at about 6pm & ended the Day with a nice pint of Ringwood Bitter at the Barge inn Alton Barnes.  __________________ One man's fish is another man's poissons http://www.deepsea.co.uk http://www.wildtrout.org     |
| #2 09-21-2006, 08:43 PM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 Well done Ian, shame you didn't get a ruffe. but looks like you had a decent catch  __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #3 09-21-2006, 08:47 PM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 a nice days fishing,well done ian |
| #4 09-21-2006, 08:53 PM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 Well done Ian, you might not got your ruffe but your bag was defo bigger than Mikes' and mine together....and I didn't have a guedgon neither. Glad you liked it, we are planning of back there again in the near future Claudia __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #5 09-21-2006, 09:00 PM | |||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 a very nice bag of fish there ian shame no ruff but i,m sure one will come along soon for you . tightlines kevin  |
| #6 09-22-2006, 05:42 AM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 Cracking day and pics __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #8 09-22-2006, 08:48 AM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 sounds like a good chilled day there ian looks a nice place __________________ 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 |
| #9 09-22-2006, 09:12 AM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 thats a nice net full ian, well done. __________________ 2008, sessions..26, total blanks..3 species,..20 its easier for a man to destroy the light within himself than to defeat the darkness all around him. |
| #10 09-24-2006, 02:58 PM | ||||
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| Re: Kennet & Avon Canal Report 21/09/06 how id love to be able to catch that bag down at our local pond lol. great day there! all we get is roach with the odd sprinkling of tench nd crucians. __________________ "Alright Jack, we all ready to fish?" "Yeah!" "Did you bring the rods?" "Errmmm...." |
