Willows - 5th, 9th & 10th October 2021
Entry posted by Bayleaf the Gardener in Willows
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Autumn is here, and while the books will all tell you that the carp are feeding hard, sensing the forthcoming winter, the continued unseasonable warmth has maybe stopped the message getting through. Little to report from 3 sessions frankly, with a mirror and 5 commons cross the piece - or should it be 4?
- I caught the photo'd fish an hour after dark in single corn float fished about 2ft from the bank. It didn't give much of a fight, and was particularly well behaved on the unhooking mat. My lantern and camera flash weren't great, but what do you think it is? To me it has the body of a common, but the facial features of a crucian (including no barbule). I have passed the pic around a number of NAA dignitaries - with the voting currently standing as common (2), crucian (1) and F1(!)(1)
I've gone with my fishing mentor, Mr Plumb and recorded it in my nerdy spreadsheet as a common. Shame - at 3lb 10oz it would have been a crucian pb.
The only other thing to say is that with the method feeder being untroubled by fish, I loose-fed the margin in front of me and set up a lift-method float, single corn on 4lb braid/5lb hook length on a 15ft rod. OK, I went on to lost 3 carp (2 fell off the hook, the other my hook knot gave way - grr!) which may have helped make the stats more acceptable, but I have been converted. The fight on a centrepin is amazing fun. Even the 6lb-er took line screaming against the ratchet many times. Much more enjoyable than dragging them in on a leger rod! The fun bit is a fish on the line, so why not make the most of it?
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