Back to the pole. 03-07-14

Back down to the Bristol Frome

with the pole.

I fished about 10 yards up from

my last trip as there was an other

angler close to it.

Well using the same ground bait

with casters, hemp and sweetcorn

mixed in.

Over that I fed loose maggot, caster

hemp and sweetcorn.

This time I struggled to get a bite, except for

Minnows. I even caught them on size 14 hooks????

Well after an hour or so,

the float just moved very slowly

in circles, an other Minnow,

thinks I.

So I only made a gentle strike,

when the elastic, No5, 

pulled out and kept pulling.

Well this Trout did not realize 

it had been hooked.

It did eventually wake up

and raced around, as Trout do.

It weighed 2lb 9 3/4oz

but I reckon it could 3lb when its got

its condition back. It was really skinny.

The strange thing was it took

sweetcorn at 13 meters.

Well it was back to the Minnows

until around 6pm.

Then I had a Rudd, small Chub

and my first Roach of the season

at 16 meters.

By 6.45 I decided I'd had enough

of Minnows,

shipping 16 meters of pole

in and out is hard work for a Minnow.

The river needs a bit of rain to put some colour flow

the cheer it up.