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I've had a great season so far this year with some brilliant sessions. Today I decided to test my luck and see if it was still with me. I set off out this afternoon for a few hours trotting and my luck was still with me :).

I dropped into a quite fast and shallow-ish part of the river that was difficult to wade out in due to the pressure on my legs and the slimey stones and boulders on the river bed. Anyhow I needn't have worried about my lucky streak fading as on my second trott the float dipped and I struck into something solid...a barbel of course :). It was only about 4/ 5lb but felt like a monster due to the fast water and it was very awkward to net - when I put the net into the water the power of the flow tried to pull it out of my hand. After that first fish it literally felt like a barbel a trott. I counted to nine barbel and then lost count as I got muddled up with my next two barbel being foul hooked and both coming off just before I got a hold of 'em. I must have caught at least another 6 or 8 barbel but with quite a few dace and a couple of small chub mixed in between them. I did notice the fish where still covered in those flat 'space ship' lice and I think they may have caused a few small red sores on several of the fish, nothing that wouldn't heal up quickly enough though. It was a very enjoyable session and even though I was still catching my stomach got the better of me and I had to go home to feed it :).

I only took a couple of pic's as it was just to much hassle to wade back to the bank.

 

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I've had a great season so far this year with some brilliant sessions. Today I decided to test my luck and see if it was still with me. I set off out this afternoon for a few hours trotting and my l

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I had no plans to go fishing until next week but found myself free to do as I pleased at 3pm...trotting immediately sprang to mind, so off I went . On my arrival at the river I noticed it had dropped

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Steve was asking me yesterday if I've been following this, I said no, because it would only make me green with envy. I was right! Well done there, Ian.

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Tigger,

 

Good on you !! What's that speck of black on the back of your knee? Probably nothing.

 

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So, 20ish or more hooked - how did that rate per hour.? How long were you gone? (few hours?)

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Nice pics of the fish, though I always feel that it would add so much more to a post of this type if pictures of the actual venue / swim could be included - naturally, taking care to 'protect' the location, if neccesary?

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Nice pics of the fish, though I always feel that it would add so much more to a post of this type if pictures of the actual venue / swim could be included - naturally, taking care to 'protect' the location, if neccesary?

 

 

Phil, the club that has this stretch of water has a total non-publicity ban and would quickly revoke a members club book if someone reported the member for putting up pic's of their venues. I totaly understand their rules and respect it ....it's a great club.

As you say pic's of the swim etc are nice to look at and do make a post more interesting.

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Phil, the club that has this stretch of water has a total non-publicity ban and would quickly revoke a members club book if someone reported the member for putting up pic's of their venues. I totaly understand their rules and respect it ....it's a great club.

As you say pic's of the swim etc are nice to look at and do make a post more interesting.

 

Aye - suspected that there might be something like that in operation, hence the caveat --- shame though - I get as much from pics of the swim etc as I do of the pics of the fish. Nice to see someone (else) with one of those reels - and using it :-)

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Great stuff Tigger :thumbs:

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Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

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Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
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Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
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Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
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Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
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Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
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Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Good stuff Ian makes me very jealous

We are not putting it back it is a lump now put that curry down and go and get the scales

have I told you abouit the cruise control on my Volvo ,,,,,,,bla bla bla Barder rod has it come yet?? and don`t even start me on Chris Lythe :bleh::icecream:

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