The Lythe begins to earn its keep
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Speen Moors, Thursday 22nd December 2011
Third visit in as many weeks, my obsession with this venue continues.
I had a bit of a plan today, the session ledgering bread on the 5th December was quite successful so I thought I’d try trotting bread. I hadn’t prepared any mash so would have to use some old maggots as loose feed but on the hook was going to be a large lump of flake. What is rapidly becoming my first port of call at Speen would be the ideal swim to try the new bait. Some of the trees on the left have been pruned so it’s now possible to trot from the bridge and clamber down to the water to land the booty. You couldn’t do that before, fishing from the bridge was problematical if you caught anything needing the net.
Breadflake is buoyant so if you’re float fishing a hefty lump you need to make sure that the shotting pattern gets it down. I didn’t and the first couple of trots saw my loafer drifting downstream with my hook bait on the surface..not good. A few adjustments later and all was well, I just dobbed the float in and the flow took it to the back of the pool, around to the right and then towards me again with the back currents. A great way to search the pool and the ultimate lazy man’s ‘trotting’. It worked too, this 2lb 13oz chub came from back of the pool;
The next catch was an exhilarating experience. I knew it was a trout straight away because it leapt into the air as soon as I struck. What followed was a merry chase around the pool with me being able to do little about it, I just hung on until it tired sufficiently for me to bring it in against the flow. Full credit to this 3lb 4oz torpedo shaped brownie, the tail is the same depth as the body;
So the bread was proving an attractive bait, one more chublet was tempted from the small weirpool and that was it for bites, next time I’ll come armed with mashed bread as feed. If you’re wondering why I fish this venue so frequently then perhaps this photo will help you understand my enthusiasm for it. There are swims like this all over Speen Moors and it’s a big place, as yet I’ve not found any hotspots and I’m reaching the conclusion that the chub are always on the move. Catching them in one place doesn’t mean they’ll be there next time and next time you fish you won’t be able to target all of their alternative hidey holes (not in a day anyway), it’s a bit like chasing your shadow but I can’t think of a nicer place to do it;
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