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With
less than one week until the start of the River
season, Wink and I decided we fancied one more crack
at some Tench on a local Pit. We decided to start
late in the day and fish till late, with resuming
the fishing at first light in mind. As per normal
since we discovered raking, the rake was thrown out
a few times and then a big carpet of Particles,
Micro Halibuts and red maggots was laid down. It
always amazes me just how quick the Tench enter the
swim after all the noise of the raking; it could of
only been 2 minutes before pin prick bubbles could
be seen hitting the surface like a Jacuzzi!
We opted
for a float fitted with a starlight fished with
lobworm sections as bait. It didn't take long before
we were into our first Tench, a 4lb of it. My next
bite came as a bit of a surprise, as a Rudd of just
over a pound hit the surface. This was a species I
knew inhabited the pit, but I had never seen any of
this stamp, with the majority being Perch fodder. We
continued to fish until 12am, by this this time we
had landed around 5 Tench between us. Wink had
forgotten his chair so just curled up on the floor
to my amusement, although he was to have the last
laugh as my hay fever flared up and left me sneezing
with eyes watering all night. To top it off I got
bitten on the nose by a mosquito which left me
looking like Noddy!
When we
finally woke up in the morning, we both felt awful.
I looked through my half opened eyes onto the lake
and could see Tench still fizzing away in the swim,
but for the first time in my angling career I just
couldn't bring myself to make a cast. We both just
kept muttering complete nonsense for an hour or so
before a Tench cleared the water right under our rod
tips, sparking our remaining enthusiasm in to
action. We then fished for another couple of hours
before calling it a day. We finished with 9 Tench, a
Rudd and a swollen nose between us. |
