Christmas trip to the Bristol Avon 23-12-14

07.00 this morning I got out of my car

at Limpley Stoke.

Having driven through rain all the way from Bristol,

I was surprised to find it dry.

Well I set up a usual ledger rig BUT

I put a groundbait feeder on instead.

Loading it with a groundbait mix

and pellets.

The hook length was four foot long

with a size 6 with a hair rig.

On the hook I put a Halibut bollie

and Maggots.

The second rod was

a float rod with a home made

goose quill float.

The feeder rig was cast out to

a crease just short of half way.

I cast this one out every 10 minutes or so.

The float was baited with Maggots (these 

I had flavoured with  Turmeric).

Well around 8.30 I had shy bite, then the rod tip

pulled round. 

I lifted into the bite and bingo fish on.

The usual Chub tussle and the fish was in

the weeds at the bank. But no problem

a short pull and this 3lb 6 1/4 oz Chub was in the net.

 The float rod only had one blip

as a possible bite, so I put it aside and got out my

other feeder rod.

This one had a Maggot feeder, which I cast under an overhanging

bush to my left.

This rig also failed to attract any attention.

All the time my first rod was slowly

piling in the ground bait.

The occasional  rod tip movement

showed there was some interest still.

An hour later another pull round on the rod tip,

and Chub No 2 was on its way to the net.

This one did not fight so hard, I found out why

when I had it in the net.

As can be seen this 3lb 5oz fella

had an injury that was healing over.

I'm not sure what caused this, the other side of the Chub

had no injury at all.

 So its heading towards 10.00am

and I have to decide whether to move or not.

In the end I decided to stay put and keep trying.

Well there was still signs of interest, so I  

settled down to see what happened.

Well as I intended to head home to do what was waiting to be done

at 1pm. I started to pack up around 12.50.

With my back to my rods, my son who popped down for a chat

shouted that the groundbait rod was doing a merry dance.

Well the third and final Chub, 3lb 9 1/4oz,

came in to the net.

What a magic session.

One of the best parts of the day

was the rain kept away till I had packed up.

MAGIC