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  1. Sound like the loch has a big head of Jacks?
  2. Anyone fished any of these venues? Ive read a bit about Coppermill Stream. Anyone had any luck there. Are there a lot of fish about? I assume chub arethe predominant species? Any free stretches of notary?
  3. Moggy Yes - I too have been devourded by the odd extreme loures but with regards to terminal tackle I have really kept to the basics. I have tried paternostering for pike with poly balls years and years ago. It looked pretty good in the books but was a real pain in the ar*e for casting etc. I didnt have much confidence in it. The tried and tested ways have always worked. From float fishing to ledgering. Having fly fished for many years the nearest I got to extravagance was the ledendary pond pellet fly which my cousing invented (21 years ago). (He probably wasnt the first!!) But we used to fish a particular trout fishery in Scotland which had tiger trout in it and he used to get cork, fashioned by a razor blade to pellet size, coloured in with a brown permanent marker, slit in the middle and superglued to a hook. As soon as it hit the water - kaboom! It was legendary and we'd pass it on as a snail (Deer hair fly) to all thos who enquired I'll never forget it.
  4. You certainly are not alone there. When I go river piking there is only one think I do. I float down deads and always work on the retreive if no take on the initial trot. Its dynamite, I have caught countless pike like this. The retreive brings them on when the trot has missed and some of the takes are extatic. I also find that if you miss on the return stay composed as the fish generally come back on to the bait. I dont spin or lure fish on rivers at all, I just use this method as it works every time. During summer I had the pleasure of feeding some pike from a bridge with deads and watching their actions both with static and when a fish was tossed upstream and drifting past their noses. Totally amazing stuff - Its either or some actually prefer th static and some love the flurry of the fish going past
  5. Id agree with the onion and the smwll - I use pure lumps of blue cheese (specific brand!) and it reeks! It works a treat but I must admit liguidised onion sounds brilliant amd I will be trying it soon. Thers are some brilliat cheese selections these days and I will get round to trying most of them one day!
  6. Thanks Chris, What are the best free stretches. I am a member of Tonbridge and District who have some barbelly stretches but are there any other meandering sections you know of which would be worth spotting on?
  7. On a medium to fast swim river in winter try feeder fishing with a strong cheesy bait. Ive found this really fires the chub into action and the take is really strong. You need to connect quickly though. When the river is coloured this works a treat. In clear water I have fed chub on corn and had them totally engrossed in it to a point where I had six chub to 4lb plus head down feeding with their tails popping ou of the surface. I was casting (single shot and corn) into them and getting some fine results. After catcing 4 fish of reputable size they then moved off but only after they had hoovered up every bit of corn. Oh and the absolutely love slugs!
  8. Im amazed at the amount of baits etc on the marketplace and some of the rigs as well. I have seen angling start to become pretty complicated. I saw the cocktail pike bait and thought WHY buy this - whats the difference to a good old dead bait, lure of spinner. Do they really (these creations -now frozen packed and sold at extreme prices) give the edge. I actually think not. Surely understanding water is the best method of catching fish? I fish, always, conventional methods and what I beleive to be the most basic of set ups. I beleive a good old selection of table baits, worms of maggots and some fresh fishmonger sardines/mackeral or herring is the most effective mathods one needs. Of course -not being a dedictaed carp fisher I wont really get into the boilie story etc but I do think that the market place is flooded with two much of the same that business is overtaking the true craft? Theres so much money in the sport these days
  9. I have put in about 100hrs trying to catch a river barbel in the Stour in Kent and I know I am getting close to the day when one will whip the rod into a frenzy but would be obliged to hear of any rivers in and around kent or specific locations in the Stour where I can land this elusive fish. I have caught some nice specimens of all the river species but am eluded by the barbel. Does anyone know of any good Barbel rivers in and around Kent which are accessible on a free or day ticket basis? I am a member of a few clubs but have currently spent most of my time on the Stour as it still amazes me as to the quality and variety of species I am catching there. I am from North of the Border and moved to Kent a year ago from Australia where I lived for 4 years (Missed my rivers and my mother!!!) I have spent numerous weekends in a previous life on the Scottish lochs and rivers fishing for pike and trout on the fly. Since coming south I am amazed at the fishing, however, am eluded by this fine fish. (I know you barblers never give up locations easily but a hint or to would be good!)
  10. I have been frequenting my local river almost every week now for the past 6 months and in the last 6 weeks I have been spotting on a few new stretches. My main quarry are barbel chub and most recently pike. The barbel are sparse and I have yet to catch. I have been catching chub regularly from 4 - 5.5lb and last weekend caught a nice brace of pike 16lb and 18lb trotting dead baits. I have found that fish spotting and really investigating swims cautiously is paying dividends. I always carry a small pike rod with me as they are so frequent in most rivers
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