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I went out for a trotting session today and decided to give the old 1915 12 spoke Allcocks aerial a workout. I've never actually used this reel up to now so was looking forward to seeing how it performed.

Anyhow, I was very happy when line peeled off the spool at the slightest hint of flow and it performed pretty much perfectly when Wallis casting. My first fish was a very nice roach of just over 2lb, then came a very decent chub ...then nothing :huh: . I continued to trot trying out several lovely looking glides that have always produced fish for me when I've let the float swim through them but the fish just didn't want a moving bait. I decided to change tactics, remove the float and slip a small bomb on the line with a split shot as a stop a couple of foot up the line from the hook which was a size 14's Kamasan Animal loaded with three pieces of sweetcorn.

I cast out into mid river, propped my rod up on my landing net/ rod rest and sat on my stone age seat (rock). I'd no sooner sat down when the rod tapped, then slammed round producing the fish in the picture below.

Within several minutes of taking the photo the weather took a turn for the worse and it began to get very windy with a few large spots of rain. I re -cast, sat down and 'bang' the rod tip ripped round again. At almost the same instant the rain came down that hard the droplets bounced off the river water and it was accompanied by gale force winds. From then on I literally caught a fish a chuck and so had to carry on fishing in the heavy rain despite having no brolly or jacket and getting totally soaked. I finished off with either 21 or 22 barbel (up to 9lb plus), one chub and two roach. A shame I had to ledger for the fish rather than catch them trotting but it was proper ledgering with a small bomb on a six pound mainline direct to the hook :).

 

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What a great result and fun with that reel I imagine.

 

I've had days when the start of rain made the fish turn on. Makes for enough excitement that getting wet doesn't matter at all.

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What a great result and fun with that reel I imagine.

 

I've had days when the start of rain made the fish turn on. Makes for enough excitement that getting wet doesn't matter at all.

 

 

I must addmitt if I hadn't been catching so many fish I'd have hopped it soon after that wind and rain kicked off. I'm expecting a cold and an aching back after sitting on that bloody hard, cold rock, infact my nose is blocked and my back's aching now ! :mellow::lol:

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Anyhow, I was very happy when line peeled off the spool at the slightest hint of flow and it performed pretty much perfectly when Wallis casting. My first fish was a very nice roach of just over 2lb, then came a very decent chub ...then nothing :huh: .

 

That's quite some session. Congratulations. :)

 

Any photos of the 2lb roach?

 

That would be the fish of a lifetime for many of us on this forum. :o

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days without taking a fish. (Hemingway - The old man and the sea)

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That's quite some session. Congratulations. :)

 

Any photos of the 2lb roach?

 

That would be the fish of a lifetime for many of us on this forum. :o

 

 

I could have taken a pic of the roach but they never look like anything special at that size, especially just lying next to the reel. Another angler who I know dropped in next to me later and took the pic of me holding the barbel. Maybe I would have got him to take a quick snap if he'd been there when I got the roach. Thing is they always look unimpressive anyhow in a pic, they just don't look their weight. To be honest i've (along with plenty other people) had quite a few just below or above the 2lb mark recently but can't seem to catch more than one or two in a session. You'd expect to catch a number of them after the first one with them being a shoaling fish. I think I may try to target them with a low diameter bottom and some different baits, bread comes to mind as i've not used it yet and I don't think many if any others will have either as everyone seems to target the barbel and chub.

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I could have taken a pic of the roach but they never look like anything special at that size, especially just lying next to the reel. Another angler who I know dropped in next to me later and took the pic of me holding the barbel. Maybe I would have got him to take a quick snap if he'd been there when I got the roach. Thing is they always look unimpressive anyhow in a pic, they just don't look their weight. To be honest i've (along with plenty other people) had quite a few just below or above the 2lb mark recently but can't seem to catch more than one or two in a session. You'd expect to catch a number of them after the first one with them being a shoaling fish. I think I may try to target them with a low diameter bottom and some different baits, bread comes to mind as i've not used it yet and I don't think many if any others will have either as everyone seems to target the barbel and chub.

 

 

Blooming Heck - I need to relocate to Lancashire and the River Ribble. Sounds like us southerners' gloom about declining stocks of quality roach is not matched up north... :unsure:

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days without taking a fish. (Hemingway - The old man and the sea)

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Blooming Heck - I need to relocate to Lancashire and the River Ribble. Sounds like us southerners' gloom about declining stocks of quality roach is not matched up north... :unsure:

 

 

Lancashire yes, but what river it is, well I didn't say and the picture gives nothing away, I wouldn't want to upset it's other anglers :D

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When I saw the title of the thread I thought you meant me! :lol::lol::lol:

 

I have still got just over 22 years to go, but I also own an Allcock's Aerial, and give it a whirl now and then.

 

A nice day's catch.

 

 

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Another fantastic session Ian well done. Love the reel too, I'd be tempted if one in that condition came up for sale.

 

Just goes to show how you can improvise if you need to. Had you started out with the intention of fishing a static bait you probably would've taken a seat, rod rests, hair rigs and a load of other stuff you didn't really need to take.

It's never a 'six', let's put it back

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Sounds like a great session :thumbs:

Stephen

 

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