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Hmmm


Steve Walker

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Two sessions on Wick to report on. I've been fishing this swim out of stubbornness. It's crawling with tench, I've just been having problems connecting with them. The last three trips have resulted in the first fish hooked getting off, and two of them to a blank. I though it was Groundhog Day again yesterday, but managed to put a couple of small tench on the bank later. Last night's incident was inevitable; I suspected that the fish were tackle-shy, so I scaled down to a 4lb bottom and a 14. Bingo. Couldn't put enough pressure on to keep it out of the submerged willow branches, though, and it transferred the hook. Not before I'd gone in up to my knees with the landing net in the hope of reaching it, mind. That satisfied my suspicion about tackle and baits, though. I'd started off fishing mussels on a size 6 hook, and couldn't buy a bite. I changed over to fish a small piece of soft pellet on a size 10 to 6lb doublestrength bottom, and changed the shotting from a lift configuration to a more conventional setup. This brought a couple of tench of around two and four pounds.

 

I think I know what's happening. I've seen Wick tench get tackle shy when the water is clear (which, oddly given the weather, it is; gin clear). They are also getting preoccupied with particles, in this case mini-pellets. My problem is that Wick is a harder water than Dabchick, I'm only fishing it because it holds larger tench, into double figures. Is there any point, if I have to scale my gear down to the point where I'm unlikely to get a really good tench in?

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