Rockingham 05-01-13

Well! What happened.

Fished 10.00 till 13.00,

high water at 12.03 and 11.4mtrs.

Took Lug rag and Squid.

Usual rods and rigs.

Weather warm, cloudy and calm.

Result

BBBBBBLLLLLLAAAAAANNNNNKKKKK!!!!!!!

Oh yes! Found out I had a small leak in one of my boots.

First trip of 2013

Took my Barble XT rod,

Maver Waggler rod 

and Specimen rod

to Bagwood this moning.

Clearing the Xmas cobwebs

out.

I started with standard Carp

fishing tactics.

First cast was at 08.00.

Without a bite by 12.00

I changed over to waggler and feeder rods.

First bite came at 12.55

to double red maggot.

 on the waggler.

A nice 4oz roach.

A tiny perch took

the red maggots on the 

maggot feeder rod next.

The waggler rod now

caught slowly but steadily

This 3lb 6oz Bream was the best

of 9 fish.

 This lovely Roach,

14oz

was the last fish caught.

No other fish were caught

on the 10 other rods

fishing

on both lakes.

Thanks for the good company 

Rusty.

Rockingham 11-12-12

A few spare hours and the right tide for 

a sea fishing trip, 

only one thing to do!

Pop down to Rockingham

Got down there in misty icy conditions.

I could not see 

Avonmouth or Severn Beach.

I set upa

Wishbone rig and a 

Pennell Pulley Rig.

Baited with Rag and Lug.

Started fishing at 15.15,

I had my first bite at

14.30.

This little Flounder

managed to pull the weight

out of the mud.

Taking lug on the wishbone rig.

A 17.10, 10 minutes before high

a gentle pull on the rod tip

then a series of rattles

produced this flounder.

Again on the wishbone rig

but took rag worm.

The fog / mist was 

settling  on the rod and line.

Then freezing and made for very cold hands at times.

But a very good trip again.

Two hours on the Frome 07-12-12

Spent a couple of hours down

Snuffers way yesterday afternoon.

Same roving kit and bait used.

 Usual swims fished.

 The result was a 

BIG FAT BLANK.

I think the over night rain

had upset the fish.

The colour was not nice.

There was also a lot of

rubbish passing at times

which made presentation

hard.

Oh well there always next time.

River Frome after the Flood. 04-12-12

Well what can I say.

The river had lost most of its pace

and the colour was dropping out.

I fished the same swims

as last time.

Using 2 different style and

size of Crow Quill Avon floats. 

Maggot and caster were the baits

I used again.

Well the result was 

very different.

1 small Roach

4 Minnows.

Were the fish still

getting over the torrent,

or

had the cooler weather

affected the fishing.

Roll on thursday.

Frome out of sorts. 25-11-12

The River Frome was not happy

today after all that rain.

 The river was up

by about 5 feet.

 I could have caught some

Minnows over the path,

that is hidden by the flood water.

 Short video of the wear below Vassle / Oldbury

Court. 

Weather for the week!

Getting dryer and colder

with a northerly wind,

and frost at night.

Might catch some fish

later in the week.

Good morning on the Frome. 16-11-12

Popped down the Bristol Frome

this morning from 09.00 till 12.00.

Took the trusty Maver rod and

Okuma Sheffield centre pin reel.

My usual lower swims failed

to produced.

So headed up stream.

and one swim fished its head off.

The following fish were caught 

during two sessions there.

First non Minnow was this

Roach at around 1/2 lb.

 Followed soon after by this

cracking

1lb 6oz Roach.

 After a stroll and

stopping off at a few

more swims 

up stream.

With only a few Minnows

showing.

I returned to bend swim.

Straight away

I had another

Roach

followed by this 

1/2lb Chub.

 Then this 1lb chub

on the next cast.

 Once again on the next cast

this

1lb 1oz

Roach was a short but deep fish.

 A couple of casts later

this beautiful

2lb 2oz Chub

came to net. 

With a couple of dozen Minnows,

a small trout and a few more smaller Roach,

loads of sunken leaves,

and a 3 foot broken dog lead

That proved to be in the top

10 fishing trips on the Frome.