In the run up to Christmas I was starting to spend more time on a short stretch below a weir pool, there were enough swims for short sessions while the days were getting shorter. It also gave me somewhere to go if the upstream stretch was not producing. Although I was not catching big chub, the odd 5lb+ fish kept me interested. Another bonus to this stretch was that if that did not fish, I was able to go downstream on another club book giving me plenty of river to go at.
5lb 3oz from the ‘short’ stretch November 2015
5lb 5oz from ‘downstream’ November 2015
5lb 6oz From ‘upstream’ December 2015
December also saw me spend a bit more time after the perch I had a few over 1lb and two over 2lb. The fishing was good that month.
2lb 4oz in the sunshine December 2015
A 2lb 6oz caught with friends December 2015
Back on the chub hunt in late December, I was out for a morning session on the ‘short’ stretch. I baited a few swims and was now fishing them in turn. I was set up in a swim I’d started in first where I missed a bite, this time I was going to upstream it. It was a tricky cast, but by my second attempt it landed where I wanted the bait to be. It could not have been in the water long before there was a tiny tremor on the quiver, I was poised ready when the tip flew round, fish on! It did it’s utmost to do me in the snags I was fishing to and after a short battle my friend, who had popped down to say hello, did the honours with the net. Scales were set and a reading of 5lb 15oz was recorded. I packed up after that and went home for a nice lunch.
5lb 15oz from the ‘short’ stretch late December 2015
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