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  1. Actually the name has more comedy value - it's T Fooks. Found guilty you would have been well and truly Fooked!
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  2. Thanks NI - can't quite think why I've neglected the Whitehouse stretch for so long - probably because it's a bit featureless and gets a lot of footfall on the towpath - but I reckon your right that this keeps the cormorants away at least and possibly the otters though the ones I've bumped up against on the Kennet seem pretty oblivious to humans - once had one swim right past me whilst I was wading mid river - I could have almost patted it on the head as it swam past! Only fished Padworth once this season - but never used to do very well in the winter there even when it was at its peak a couple of decades ago!
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  3. Hi Chris ,glad you are fishing the Thatcham stretch behind the "white house" ,it is my favourite haunt for the last couple of years. I knew with your methods you would catch nice chub ,there are huge shoals of roach/bream and perch also and am sure you will catch large perch there. Seen big pike also and caught brownies way bigger than 4.5lb one you caught. Maybe there is enough foot bike traffic to keep the otters away I look forward to your reports on Padworth ,also accessible on the Thatcham tickets. Though this abounds with otters and cormorants.
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  4. I've heard of whitebait being used as a carp bait in the past - so not surprised you had one on a sprat!
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  5. I feel your pain- Martin! Though I'd still see a brownie on trotted maggot as a hollow victory!
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  6. Looking back through my diaries - this is the biggest tench I've had from this water.....
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  7. Another tweak to tactics - I didn't put in ANY ground bait or loose feed - hunch that it pulls in the carp more than anything else!
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  8. Another session that backed up my little article for the newsletter They just sit in the fastest current with their mouths open when hooked - can take an age to coax them upstream. Seems like these two forgot to close their mouths when they were on the bank!
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  9. Martin - have you seen this thread on AN - a little on the old side - was started in 2013 - but might yield some useful nuggets for you in your new home....
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  10. And therein explains why I take a hiatus every spring! Though can'y quite believe you went to Willows on the last day of the river season...
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