River Frome 23-06-14

At last with my escape chit in hand

I headed down to the local river for my first

2014 river fishing season

session.

With pole in hand and box

on its trolley,

set up a spot which had produced

in the past.

Fishing between 8mtrs and 13mtrs'

I used a No 5 elastic, 1grm float to 3lb mainline

and 2lb hook length.

This allowed me to have a fast or slow

sink pattern.

What I saw when I got to my swim,

was 3 shoals of Dace on the surface

Mackerel style.

I started loose feeding 

maggot and casters from the off.

Then I mixed my groundbait ,

putting 6 golf balls at 8 meters.

Well it was a good start

with Dace readily taking the double

maggot on size 16 hook.

This also kept the Minnows 

from having the hook.

There were also some small Chub

 caught. These fish were up to

around the 9 oz mark.

Having arrived at 2 pm 

it was not until 7 pm that I managed

to get a better bite.

This was at 13mtrs under an overhanging bush.

I had tried this spot a few times without a bite,

with continual loose feeding this paid off in the end.

This 2lb 12oz Chub tugged the elastic out

and gave a good account of its self.

The keepnet ended up

with 12lb 3oz of lovely

Dace and Chub with a couple of

Minnows.