tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73170861891072428342024-03-04T20:25:14.734-08:00Ryton CarpRoger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-89576315083882241852016-04-06T12:58:00.000-07:002016-04-06T12:58:03.877-07:00Back on the Pool<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was back on the pool last weekend, trying out my new waders by clearing out a fallen tree from the back of the island area, after several cuts and drags up the bank it was out and I used a rake to clear as much of the debris from the bottom, this spot is very soft and choddy underfoot so not everything could be removed, an interesting spot to watch for the future though!. I also got rid of a few more branches from various swims around the lake with a few more pegs to sort out and clear this weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did get out on the Sunday to wet a line and was quite surprised to get three skimmers all on 18mm boilies, how they manage it I don't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a long day but I was confident of a proper take from a Carp as one of the areas I'd fished to had been regularly topped up through the day with frequent casts, small ball of groundbait and boilies. The bite came early evening with the bobbin lifting an inch stopping for a few minutes and then taking off, it didn't take long to come in and it was lovely to see a mirror roll over the cord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The only Carp of the session at thirteen pound six ounce, the colour makes me think it's one of the stock fish put in a while back.</span></div>
Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-31508372471095218122016-02-28T12:53:00.000-08:002016-02-28T12:53:18.702-08:00An ounce short!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After last weeks Carping session the bug has got me and today's session on the canal was to try and catch a Carp. It was cold and to be honest I didn't think I had a chance to bag anything but baits were positioned and I sat back and waited for a take.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About an hour into the session the bobbin on my right hand rod slammed against the blank and the line pulled up bow tight as something sprung the trap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a brief scrap a lovely mirror one ounce short of nineteen pounds graced the bottom of the net.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly, this was the only fish of the day.</span>Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-57422268469917523852016-02-21T10:09:00.000-08:002016-02-21T10:09:33.585-08:00Been a while!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been a while since my last post and no excuses I just haven't had the time, family and work commitments are keeping me away from the bank, <i> </i>I can just count the fishing trips this year on one hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a surprisingly mild day today and the fish in my pond where up on top, just what I like to see when a spot of Carp fishing was the plan. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There was no rocket science involved in the choice of today's swim and I was fortunate enough to find it available when I arrived</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The weeks visiting half term rabble had done a grand job of ground baiting the spot to be fished and nothing more fancy than white pop ups were chucked over to the bird feeding area. I had one take within minutes and a lovely common just short of a double soon graced the bottom of the net.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Barry managed a couple of Pike so the duck looked to be heading my direction but a late bite resulted in what felt like a much better fish on the end of my line, it wasn't as big as it first felt but did make double figures at fourteen four.</span><br />
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<br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-47963111118807761662015-06-17T08:46:00.000-07:002015-06-17T08:46:15.184-07:00Spot the Monkey<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little Monkey was recently seen up a tree at Jubilee, I didn't think home tied artificial flies were that expensive!! </span></div>
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-61297285163900239682015-06-16T08:26:00.000-07:002015-06-16T08:26:43.295-07:00The 125<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last Sunday was Leamington Angling's 125th year celebration gala held at Jubilee pools. Myself and Barry were on the Horseshoe pool demonstrating Fly Fishing for Carp, through the day we offered plenty of advise for anglers that were keen to try this method, a couple of fish were even caught!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Club member Jeff had fished for Trout but had never tried fishing for Carp using the fly and was making some enquiries as to how it feels to have a Carp on the end of such light gear, I managed to hook a fish whilst he was there and handed the rod over for him to experience for himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Needless to say, I think he'll be up there giving it a go soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">When things quietened down it was time to give Cerys a quick lesson in the art of fluff chucking and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">started with some casting tuition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The art of watching for a take and not striking too early.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After some frantic action with the odd shout of "No, I want to do it" from Cerys, we eventually got the fish on the bank, Cerys's first Carp.</span><br />
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I've been wanting to blog for a while but I've had too much on to be able to tap out a few words, hope this will keep you guys interested for a short while. Did a short session on Jubilee with the fly rod yesterday and this was the first fish to grace the bank and even though it wasn't the biggest fish of the day it was by far the prettiest, I managed to capture the release on video.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shame I missed the take, went to bait a margin spot just down from the peg I was fishing, when I returned the line was pointing a different direction and no signal from the alarm, luckily the fish was still on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did a spot of morning exercise last Saturday at Ryton, no, not running or cycling, did a spot of peg building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Compost corner was in desperate need of something firm to stand on, the muddy bank was slippery at the best of times and eroding away quickly, even with the longest of landing net handles it was still a good stretch to find water deep enough to land a fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What this peg needed was a wooden box back filled with rubble and made level, s</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">o, this is exactly what me and Barry built.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's amazing how deep it is so close in!!!</span>Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-18789179353263424712015-03-31T12:06:00.002-07:002015-03-31T12:12:33.924-07:00In the teeth.<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It's typical isn't it, the one day I'm able to get on the bank and we get the worst weather for a while, heavy rain and strong wind. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I'd been watching the forecast for a few days and things appeared to be changing for later in the day so I picked Barry up at twelve and we headed off through the rain to our destination. The venue was completely devoid of any angling activity (don't know why?) so we had the choice of swims.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Having fished the same place for the previous two weeks I had a plan in mind but it put me in the teeth of the wind and driving rain, the brolly was first up and rods were soon out. The outlook for the afternoon looked good and it wasn't long before the rain eased and turned to light showers, it wasn't just the weather on the change, things were brightening up for Barry as well, a small Pike graced the bottom of his net and put him in the lead. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The sun put in an appearance and grey turned to patches of blue between showery clouds, Barry's rod was away again, almost literally as he was re-baiting his predator rod and had an unexpected take on the float rod that sent the spool spinning, he grabbed the butt and held on as a Carp made a bid for freedom, it was touch and go at times with only a five pound hook length but gently pressure tired the fish and it soon slid over the cord, fish two for Barry with a lovely mirror at eleven pound twelve ounces.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was playing catch up but knew my baits were in the right place as I'd lost a lump off one of the spots the previous week so it was just a matter of time. A few bleeps signalled the take and I lifted into the fish on an already tight clutch and took a step back to keep it away from the snags, luckily it kited away and into open water, it wasn't a big fish but it was a good scrap and put a healthy bend in the rod, Barry did the honours with the net. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It was another mirror of a similar size to Barry's earlier fish but went a little more a twelve and a half. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was a bit upset to see bite damage on the tail of this fish, I had heard of Otters in the area a few weeks earlier and it was the first evidence we'd seen. I did the best I could for the fish and treated the wound before returning, hopefully it will recover.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Got a phone call from Barry on Saturday asking if I was fishing Sunday, I had no commitments so agreed that a session on the bank would be good. The ice had cleared from Ryton, just, and I was thinking that a spot of piking would be good, Barry had a thought about putting one rod out for Carp and the other for Pike, I wasn't sure, all efforts should be in one species rather than a half effort on two species, if I was going to blank it might as well be style.</span></span><br />
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</span>Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-78360609492950532802015-01-18T12:47:00.000-08:002015-01-18T12:47:20.744-08:00Cut Zedding<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was a new stretch for us and a slow start, Barry's rod was first to show interest but it faded to nothing as quickly as it started, we moved around a few likely looking spots but it took an age to get the first fish on the bank. I had one rod on a spot that screamed 'Zander hole' and another of to the front of some dead reeds, this was the rod to be first off, not a big fish but I was off the board, a cast back to the same spot and within minutes had a take and lost a second. The rod was put straight back and I had another take as soon as the bait was on the bottom, three takes in fifteen minutes and I was two up. Barry was the next to find a sweet spot and had two fish in fairly quick succession, one of them a decent size.</span></div>
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<br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-83735716553631991232015-01-11T00:49:00.001-08:002015-01-11T00:49:50.595-08:00CCCold SSStart.<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very cold start to the session at the weekend, minus three degree's in the car park and ice everywhere. We did a quick hike up the canal through the mist to see what was available in terms of liquid water as there was ice over most of the stretch we planned to fish, one of our favourite spots was ice free and also another spot we both liked the look of but had never fished, this was a few hundred yards up the bank so we chose to start there and work down if everything melted later in the day. Just after we arrived at our first spot and started setting up, a boat passed through and made the whole stretch fishable, well done that man!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We fished our way back to our favourite swim, arriving first I cast out and was sitting down nursing my burning frost bitten fingers, it was only a short walk carrying a metal pod in one hand and holding metal chair legs in the other but metal is not good to hold in freezing conditions, (Gloves will be in the bag for the next session) I had a take straight away, this was the full on head shake rattle of the rod tip with the odd drop or pull on the bobbin, a better fish this one. A lovely plump bellied fish of around three to four pounds, I was taking the pictures when Barry arrived and cast out his first rod, he picked up the second and noticed the bobbin move on his first rod, that bait must have landed right in front of a fish, after a quick tussle a fine Jack Pike was in the net. </span><br />
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</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-15099911811201587012015-01-01T12:05:00.000-08:002015-01-01T12:05:19.171-08:00First Fish of 2015<span lang=""><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First day of the new year and a spot of Zandering was on the cards, I headed for one of my favourite spots that always throws up a fish or two and the weather was a bit kinder than it has been over the last week. The wind was a tad stronger than I would have prefered but a row of tree's on the opposite bank kept the gusts at bay. I had takes almost straight away but they were either dropped or failed to connect and the seems to be very typical of the Zandering of late, I put it down to small immature fish playing with more than a gob full!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a quick move I did manage to connect but only after letting the fish take enough line to hang itself, an average sized Zed for this stretch of canal, it was also my first fish of 2015 so very welcome indeed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The end of last year saw both the fishing and blogging suffer, I even went without fishing for over a month so had nothing to blog about. The fishing was mostly for Zander with the odd attempt at a Pike thrown in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, one plus point is that I was not the keeper of the little 'quacker' at the end of 2014!!</span></div>
</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-49973152364617009552014-09-30T04:49:00.000-07:002014-09-30T04:49:23.249-07:00Fishings been a bit 'Ruff'<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've had a couple of Zandering trips with Barry and he's doing a grand job of looking after the little yellow fella! (Quack quack!!)</span></div>
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-64645473182598411632014-08-06T09:15:00.000-07:002014-08-06T09:15:43.395-07:00Junior Masterclass at Jubilee Pools - 9th August<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just to remind you all that the following is happening at Jubilee this weekend (9th August)</span><br />
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-47512154547633615882014-07-25T00:35:00.001-07:002014-07-25T00:35:42.915-07:00Boney but lush!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can't beat the
taste of fresh Sea Bass, it was the final afternoon of this year’s Devon
adventure, it was the last couple of hours of the rising tide and I'd already
tried the spot where I'd caught a few Black Bream last year and there were no
bites. I'd moved back onto the beach where the girls were and the tide was
already filling the shallow gully in front of our beach camp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Breakers were
crashing onto the sand bar on the far side of the gully and it was Sharon that first
noticed some fish in the waves, she was right, there were indeed silver flashes
in these waves, I put a cast just onto the back of these waves with humble
lugworm as bait, it was hit straight away and the first Bass was shortly on the
beach. this was a reasonable fish and bigger than you would pay good money for
at the local supermarket so I asked the question "Do you want it for tea?"
there was a "Yes" from the girls and the fish was quickly dispatched for the pot. I'm no longer a fan of doing this but I am from a sea fishing background and regularly used to bring fish home when I was younger, Cod, Plaice, Pollack and Coalie were all regularly seen in the frying pan at our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was getting at
least one fish a chuck but I found that if I waited for a second pull the two
hook flapper rig was doing its job and bagging two Bass at a time. </span><br />
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second fish was kept for the pot as it had swallowed the hook but it was a good
sized fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When it comes to
cooking there’s nothing fancy here, the fish were head, tailed and cleaned, smothered
in butter and lemon juice, sealed into individual foil parcels and into a hot
oven for twenty minutes. The fresher they are the better they taste and these
were only a couple of hours out of the sea.</span><br />
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-50770999899736520932014-07-25T00:04:00.000-07:002014-07-25T00:04:45.909-07:00Sharky Shakes!<br />
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again and I still have the duck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just had the first of
my annual jollies, North Devon again and a spot of Smoothhound terrorising was
first on the cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was an early start
to catch the last couple of hours of the dropping tide, I think I got it just
right as shortly after casting out the first of my soft crab baits, I was busy
trying to unravel my second trace to bait up ready for the next cast, the rod ripped
off to the music of a screaming ratchet. The tip was bouncing all over the
place as I made a lunge for the rest, grabbing the rod before it took
off. I switched off the music, flipped the reel into gear and braced myself as
the weight of the fish pulled a very healthy curve into the rod and it
continued to pull very hard in its bid to reach the far side of the bay. When
you only fish for a particular species once a year you forget how good it feels to hook
one and this first fish fought all the way to the rocks, every twist, turn and rapid beat of it's tail had left me shaking
after lifting the sharky shape onto the rocks, it's fins lit up by the
rising sun.</span><br />
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as well, must have been close to ten pound and definitely the biggest I've had
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smoothy half an hour later and a smaller Starry Smoothhound at around low tide.</span><br />
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caravan for eight thirty, all smiles and had breakfast ready on the table for
when the girls got up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have a little assistant that helps me with my boilie making and general sorting out of fishing gear and for weeks, when I've said that I'm going fishing, I've heard the little words "Can I come too". Normally I say no because your still too small or it's too cold or too wet but at the weekend I planned a short trip for us both to enjoy. It wasn't anything to adventurous, just a fun trip to catch a fish so armed with a pole and a selection of baits (Bread and worm) we headed to Ryton and the first peg on the concrete bank. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">First fish was a small Perch and I allowed Cerys to stroke the fish and feel it's spiky dorsal fin, time for a quick photo and I was so surprised to see her pick the Perch out of the net to pose for a picture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My only excuse for the slow session was crap bait, the lack of maggots means that the fishing was a little slow, short attention spans drifted into colouring in pictures and seeing if stones floated! A handful of wrigglers were acquired and bites increased but I couldn't keep the fish on the hook, bit out of practise with a pole and kept bumping them off! Amazingly, Cerys wasn't scared of handling maggot's "They tickle" she said holding them in her hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A roach was next to the net and she held this in her open hands before returning it, the fish survived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sharon was horrified to hear that I'd allowed Cerys to handle worms and maggots but we both had fun and at the age she is, that's what counts.</span></div>
</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-55047024307194812032014-05-26T02:27:00.000-07:002014-05-26T02:27:40.670-07:00Getting down to it!<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Well, it's that time of year when the water temperatures have increased and the fish have started to get down to what they only get to do once a year, spawn. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The warmer weather also means that taking a few fish off the top is becoming a bit more reliable, lately the temperatures have been a bit erratic but Barry has had some great success already catching a few on the fly earlier on this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">We were at Jubilee last Friday and I met Barry just as he was leaving the pool, he was on his way home to pick up a spare rod after standing on his favourite, not a good start. I had a fairly productive session with five fish on the bank and Barry and a couple of doubles, one close to twenty. Bad luck comes in three's, Barry also snapped the elastic on his catapult and locked his keys in the car!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sunday afternoon/evening was spent at a rather busy college pool. It took a good couple of hours to find some fish willing to take a few snacks off the top and after tempting them with a hook bait they proceeded to smash me up, they are 'animals' in this pool. I was broken off four times when using a controller close to some snags, even 15lb straight through to the hook was snapped like sewing thread. the wind was drifting my free offerings down the pool and I found a few fish that had braved the open water so the fly rod was deployed and it didn't take to long to get a couple of nice mirror's on the bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">They fight like stink in the deep water and kept pulling for the snags, I don't know how that little fly rod copes with the punishment it gets from the Carp it catches but it works brilliantly and they soon give in.</span></div>
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</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-86040262444402936072014-05-26T02:19:00.004-07:002014-05-26T02:19:30.645-07:00Nick Nick!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The local constabulary were interested in a recent capture from Ryton. Shame it was the same fish, from the same swim and as many weeks.</span></div>
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-85110492989326840372014-05-26T02:14:00.000-07:002014-05-26T02:14:00.489-07:00Canal Lump.<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I've never really thought of fishing the canal's for Carp but it's really starting to appeal to me. There are some very good fish in these little waters but you do have to put the time and effort into finding them and it's not easy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The particular spot I fished last week is one I've fished a few times and had smaller Carp from but after speaking to local passers by the bigger ones are often seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I currently have real confidence in my Ryton3 baits and spread a good quantity along the far margin which is where the Carp tend to hang out along this stretch. My usual 'Donkey Choker's' were the bait and all I could do was sit back and wait for a take. I waited for around an hour before I got the only run of the day, but it was well worth the effort.</span><br />
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</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-62622152341377275272014-05-26T02:12:00.000-07:002014-05-26T02:12:21.518-07:00Those Dirty Rat's!<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">I only managed the one Carp as well as one very good Tench. I had loads of takes, they were probably smaller Tench but I'm using proper 'donkey choker' sized boilies as hook baits to try and deter them and it seems to be working as I've had hardly any Tench this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Rat population appears to be on the rise around the lake and I must warn everyone that they are stealing baits. Midway through the session, I went to my rucksack to get my boilie bag out to re-bait my spots with a couple of dozen boilies, but, ended up turning everything over looking for the baits, they weren't there? I walked up and down the bank thinking I'd left them where I'd been sitting earlier but nothing, I even thought that Barry had pulled a stunt and hidden them but just as was about to shout out to him I caught a glimpse of one corner of the bag right in amongst the brambles at the back of the peg, the little boilie munching ba****ds had only lifted it out of my bag and dragged it under the bushes, chewed holes in the mesh and devoured about half a kilo of my Ryton three's. </span></div>
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</span><br />Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-71114703347382686662014-04-14T11:58:00.000-07:002014-04-14T11:58:30.810-07:00A quacker of a slow take.<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Back at Ryton again with some freshly rolled baits. Cerys is now old enough to help me make my boiled fish food. It's a bit like making playdoh just a bit smellier. She helps to measure out the dry ingredients before we add it to the 'stinky' liquid, the fun comes when we squeeze out and roll into baits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I was back in the same swim as last week but didn't mess about moving around this time, one bait was on the lucky spot and the other just off to my right. All was quiet around the pool, I'd been given the heads up on what was happening on the main part of the lake via an exchange of texts with Dan and there were a few fish coming out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The chilly wind was blowing straight into my swim and I felt it was having an impact on when the fish would move into the area. It wasn't until after midday, when the sun had moved around far enough, that I saw the first hint of something fishy being in the vicinity of my bait. The clues were there to indicate that something was indeed right over my bait so I got myself ready for a take, sure enough the bobbin began to move very slowly. It crept up towards the rod in a series of short twitchy movement's, my eye's flicked back and forth between the bobbins and the slowly tightening line before I made the decision to pick up the rod and lean into whatever was on the end. My rod took on an alarming bend as the fish tried desperately to get into the sanctuary of the tree roots, I kept the pressure on and it eventually gave in and started to move towards me, twisting and turning in protest all the way. With six foot of water under the rod tip I was able to back off the clutch and allow it a little freedom as I sorted out the net, this felt a good fish and as it rolled over the cord I noticed it was indeed a large mirror, I began to wander if it was one I knew?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ryton always throws up a few surprises and this was one, I've never seen this fish before so it's another new one for me. It's an incredible fish, long and lean and full of fight and I think it's one of the best looking mirror's in the pool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The rest of the day was spent messing with the new reels, don't like them, can't get on with them and gave up on the session, I was more than happy with what I'd caught anyway.</span></div>
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Roger Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11087665390499179373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7317086189107242834.post-82155288060119354752014-04-14T06:42:00.000-07:002014-04-14T06:42:04.143-07:00At last!<span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At last, some time on the bank. I deliberated for ages over where to go as I'd heard of a few Carpy tales which I've been meaning to chase up but not had a chance to and I was pretty desperate to wet a line, Barry was off on his annual (crazy) walk around the Coventry way so there was no 'Duck' pressure and in the end I settled on a session at Ryton, the monster hunting can wait a bit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The usual spots were taken so I headed off to one of the quieter corners to try a swim that's been good for me in the past, traps were set but after an uneventful hour I noticed some fishy activity to my right, too far right to get a cast to so the gear was packed up and I made a quick move. It wasn't until I moved for a second time that I felt happy with where my cast was landing and the lay of the line leading to it, it was a bit of a tricky one because I've found that if your cast wasn't bang on this particular spot you didn't get any takes. It took a few chucks to get everything spot on and it didn't take too long to get the first take, it was only a Tench but at least I knew that everything was working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A good couple of hours passed and I had a bit of a Jerky take that excelarated into the rod tip pulled round in the direction of the fleeing fish, I quickly leaned back into it but wasn't quick enough, all I could feel was a grating sensation with the odd thump in between. The line had gone round something and I could see the fish boiling below on the surface with the line running at right angles to it through a snag. The fish shook the hook loose and I ended up losing the hook in the snag, it felt like a fairly good sized Carp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After an hour, I again had another slow 'jerky' take but this time I was on it straight away with the clutch locked down tight. The fish eventualy kited out of the swim and I was able to back off the clutch to give it a little false freedom. The fight was very satisfying and it's been a while since I had a nice Carp on the line.</span></div>
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