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Chris Plumb

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  1. Hi John - just count myself fortunate that we were allowed to angle at all!!! Staying local had the biggest impact - no trips outside the county to fish the Frome and or Itchen for big grayling - meant my half year permit for DDAS went unused will certainly want to rectify that next winter!

  2. Use it a lot when perch fishing - twitching just a couple of inches often leads to a bite - as does recasting - can think of a couple of times recently when recasting has produced an instant result with the worm being grabbed on the drop.....

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  3. Yes - I start with a very thin base layer followed by more traditional thermal vest (both get washed regularly with no hint of loss of performance). Below the waist its a pair of Craghoppers Polar trousers which are excellent....

     

    C.

  4. I used to live very near The Holybrook (moved in 2003) and the chub in here responded VERY well to floating baits (bread & Chum mixer) had many a session chasing the freebies downstream and could often get upto half a dozen in no time at all (looking back through my diaries I see my best haul as 11 chub in a morning). This venue ran very close to a housing estate and I'm sure the chub saw lots of bread thrown in for the wild fowl.... Not found a venue since where they've took bait off the top so freely so I'm sure this was a major factor!

  5. From the Angling Trust:
     
    Good morning everyone
     
    The Government have now formally responded to the representations made by the Angling Trust. We have promoted the huge benefits of fishing on individual health and wellbeing and have been able to present a case to which the Government have listened. On this basis I am pleased to announce that fishing will be permitted during the third national lockdown.
     
    The Head of Sports Participation at DCMS confirmed the following;
     
    “fishing is allowed as exercise so long as participants adhere to the rules on staying local, gathering limits, social distancing and limiting the time spent outdoors”
     
    This has also been confirmed by DEFRA;
     
    “Cabinet Office have now officially confirmed that angling / fishing (incl. sea fishing off private boats, water sports) can be considered exercise and are hence permitted.”
     
    We have worked extremely hard to reach this position and we as anglers have a duty to abide by the strict conditions under which fishing is once again permitted. With infection rates and death tolls rising we must stick to the Government’s rules and ensure that angling remains part of the solution and does not cause problems.
     
    Please bear in mind these key points which will be reflected in the new Angling Trust guidelines which we will publish shortly:
     
    - This is a strictly limited resumption of LOCAL fishing and very different to how we have been allowed to operate since May
    - We are in a National Lockdown and this must be respected. The law requires a ‘reasonable excuse’ to leave your home or penalties will apply.
    - The government has recognised that fishing can be seen as exercise, which is expressly permitted under the lockdown rules, although outdoor recreation is not.
    - Organised sporting gatherings are prohibited so no match fishing.
    - The exercise is limited to once a day so no overnight fishing whatsoever.
    - To remain within the law you should follow the government’s guidance, and only fish locally within the district where you live. If you have no local fishing available then you will have to take your daily exercise in other ways.
     
    We are once again able to enjoy the sport we love at a time when many others can not and we must ensure that every angler adheres to the rules.
     
    I would ask all anglers who are not members to join the Angling Trust and give us your support. We have worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome and that is only possible thanks to the support of our new and existing members. I would ask all anglers who value their ability to go fishing to make the same commitment as your fellow anglers have and join the Angling Trust. We are stronger together!
     
    Membership - Angling Trust https://anglingtrust.net/membership/
     
    Stay safe and very best fishes
     
    Jamie Cook
     
    CEO – Angling Trust
  6. Many years ago I arrived at a club lake just in time to see a pike angler land an 8lb bream on a spinner - chatting about his unusual catch he told me he'd had an even bigger one around an hour earlier! (and no interst at all from the perch that he was targetting!)

     

     

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  7. 1 hour ago, ayjay said:

     

     

    I'm not keen on pure instructional stuff, I want some atmosphere.

    Ditto! 

    I'm avid reader of angling literature – with a veritable little angling library of close to 200 books (plus every Waterlog & Fallon’s Angler ever published) and not a ‘How to…’ book in sight. Below is my all time top 10 angling books (at the moment!) – with the self imposed limit of one per author. So in no particular order (apart from alphabetical by author…)
    The Glorious Uncertainty – John Aston. Real toss up between this And a Dream of Jewelled Fishes – John’s 1st book – both are superb – but this one just shades it for me.
    Reflections from the Waters Edge - John Bailey. I have most of Bailey’s books – but this early one is still my favourite.
    I know a Good Place – Clive Gammon. Great travel book and angling read rolled into one.
    Death, Taxes and Leaky Waders. John Gierach. If you’ve never read any of this American author – start here – it’s a best of from several of his books.
    Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life – ed Jeremy Paxman. I love a good anthology – in fact they warrant a top 10 of their own – this one is superb and for me just beats BB’s The Fisherman’s Bedside Book.
    Somewhere Else – Charles Rangeley-Wilson. Again another cracking travel book as well as great angling story-telling.
    Rod and Line – Arthur Ransome. A classic which still stands the test of time.
    An Angler for all Seasons - H T Sheringham. When Chris Yates first appeared on the literary scene he was often given the sobriquet ‘the best angling writer since Sheringham’. This book is a compendium of some of his best writing – and like the Ransome book still fresh today!
    Red Letter Days – Various. A lovely read – compiled as a tribute to Bernard Venables – 48 contributors with illustrations from John Searl. Probably the book I've re-read the most!
    The Deepening Pool – Chris Yates. I could have packed out the whole top 10 with CY tomes – I have every angling book he’s ever published. However this is easily my favourite - being a mainly river angler myself. Fantastic Yates prose coupled with his own photography – sublime!
     
    Always interested to hear of other recommendations...
     
    C.
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