About right!

[Steve Walker]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/10870807/10-things-no-one-tells-you-before-you-take-up-fishing.html

[Vagabond]

Yes, I liked the bit about lots of fish under the bank. However, very few people can keep quiet enough and still enough for long enough to catch them !

[Steve Walker]

A bit of chub stalking on a little river would soon educate them!

 

Or they could try getting at the trout in the little brook I fished just outside Bath - they were damned spooky, narrow, steep sided gorge, inches of water, I couldn't get close enough to put a fly to them.

[Andy_1984]

Wow pike that can eat a swan whole, in every pond!

[Steve Walker]

Oh yeah, they do believe that - I was recently talking to someone who said she wouldn't want to swim in a lake at night because she was scared of the pike!

[Chris Plumb]

Excellent find Steve!

 

As for #9 had 3 double figure carp (and one just under 10) all within a FOOT of the bank on Friday night - just dapping a bit of crust (and hanging on for dear life!)

 

C.

Edited July 14, 2015 by Chris Plumb

[Andy_1984]

Best session numbers wise was 11 tench and even more missed bites right under the rod tip

[Anderoo]

'Study the habitat, work out where the fish are and then, if possible, get them to bite. If you fish well, you'll probably catch a fish; and if you don't catch one, you'll still have the satisfaction of having fished well.'

 

Absolutely spot on!

[Ken L]

If anyone ever fishes Thailand, the single biggest tip for catching the red tailed catfish is to fish under your rod tip - literally 40cm from the bank.

Same goes for river pike in the UK - a weedless lure fished inches from the bank will outfish almost anything fished out in the middle.

[Chris Plumb]

'Study the habitat, work out where the fish are and then, if possible, get them to bite. If you fish well, you'll probably catch a fish; and if you don't catch one, you'll still have the satisfaction of having fished well.'

 

Absolutely spot on!

Totally agree - great quote!

 

C.