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Today's
session was to simply get hold of a few pictures for
my next Coarse Fisherman article. The weather was
slightly on the chilly side, but I still had high
hopes for my target species feeding. I was after
Bream, and after having a few half decent fish from
the water in question recently, I fancied fishing
the method feeder on alarm setup against the quiver
tip and free running open end feeder. I was sure I
was sometimes missing out on sport due to the nature
of the bolt rig setups, and thought that a more
sensitive form of bite indication may put a couple
of extra fish on the bank.
It soon
turned out that the day was going to be a struggle,
but after moving twice after a couple of hours with
no bites, I received my first indication of fish in
the swim. Even the usual over sensitivity of the
Delkims were failing to make any fishes presence
known in my swim, and the only reason I stayed put
in the next swim was because of the slightest rattle
on the tip. This gave me a bit more confidence, and
after sticking it out a little longer I had a
typical bream bite on the method feeder rig. This
fish however, came adrift and left me cursing my
misfortune.
After
recasting, I had little time to wait before the
quiver tip slowly pulled round and a decent fish was
hooked. Straight away I knew I hadn't hooked a
Bream, the fight wasn't overly powerful, but as it
felt better than winding in a water logged bag, it
couldn't have been a Bream. Before long, the culprit
surfaced, a decent sixed Tench. Once on the bank, I
realised just how big it was. My personal best to
date weighed 7lb 2oz, so when I weighed this one in
at 7lb 2oz, I was extremely pleased but a little
disappointed at the same time.
One
more fish came adrift during the session, most
probably a Bream unfortunately. Considering the
conditions however, I was pleased with the result. |
