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tight lines....
Sunday 19 May 2013
Tuesday 19 February 2013
River Thames
Today was my first session out in a few months.
I decided last minute to chuck the gear in the car for an afterwork session as the temperatures had been around 1º for the past 3 days and then there was a sudden temp increase up to 10º for a couple of days so I thought this could trigger a brief feeding spell.
I fished the same area as where I lost the fish at the beginning of the season.
I decided on just one rod, fishing in a semi slack area off the main flow.
Its around 10ft deep here normally, however the river was carrying an extra foot or so of water causing it to come up over the bank.
I had seen some posts online that the water temps earlier in the week had been 3.8º so upon arrival I took the temp which showed around 4.7º so the increase in air temp had definately made a slight difference to the water temps after only 12hours.
Upon arrival there were 2 guys just packing up. A brief chat revealed they had just one fish, a sea trout.
This area of the Thames is extremely popular, so any catches from the area would need to be kept discreet.
Anyway I spent 3 hours fishing heavily glugged boilies in the crease to no avail.
There is only 3 and a half weeks left of the river season so im gonna try and get out as much as I can in the next few weeks to try and bag a fish before the seasons end.
I decided last minute to chuck the gear in the car for an afterwork session as the temperatures had been around 1º for the past 3 days and then there was a sudden temp increase up to 10º for a couple of days so I thought this could trigger a brief feeding spell.
I fished the same area as where I lost the fish at the beginning of the season.
I decided on just one rod, fishing in a semi slack area off the main flow.
Its around 10ft deep here normally, however the river was carrying an extra foot or so of water causing it to come up over the bank.
I had seen some posts online that the water temps earlier in the week had been 3.8º so upon arrival I took the temp which showed around 4.7º so the increase in air temp had definately made a slight difference to the water temps after only 12hours.
Upon arrival there were 2 guys just packing up. A brief chat revealed they had just one fish, a sea trout.
This area of the Thames is extremely popular, so any catches from the area would need to be kept discreet.
Anyway I spent 3 hours fishing heavily glugged boilies in the crease to no avail.
There is only 3 and a half weeks left of the river season so im gonna try and get out as much as I can in the next few weeks to try and bag a fish before the seasons end.
posted from Bloggeroid
Tuesday 12 February 2013
Photos
I have not been out fishing for a while, but was recently looking through some photos and having a play around with them in photoshop and an app on my phone.
posted from Bloggeroid
Thursday 3 January 2013
Loss of motivation!!
After my determined start to the season, renewing tackle, plans etc I seem to have fallen into a severe lack of motivation when it comes to actually getting out and putting the time in.
Work and my family play a big part in the amount of fishing I do, so its not always easy to get out when the conditions suit, more a case of going when I have the chance whatever the conditions and deciding what to fish for based on when im going.
Losing the only fish I had hooked in a long time then losing it to tackle failure didnt help my cause either!!
I have had a couple of sessions out since my last blog entry, both after barbel, both were when the river was carrying extra water from the rain, and both resulted in the same result.......BLANK.
I like to keep in touch with whats going on at the river, whats being caught, conditions etc, but as I now live further away its not always easy for me to get there to check, as I used to drive and walk the river a couple of times a week checking on areas / seeing if anglers were catching etc.
So I use the internet to keep an eye on captures and river condition. Barbel captures from the Thames this year have gone mad, with fish to over 17lb being report and hundreds of fish over 10lb.
The rain has made it one of the best years for them by far, yet I have still found it hard to muster up the encouragement to get out and do more than I should.
I use several barbel pages on facebook
Barbel Fishing (The Prince of the River)
Thames Barbel Anglers
The Barbel Society
As well as forums
Cemex Angling
Barbel Fishing World
Heres hoping I can get out alot more during 2013, I have alot of catching up to do, having not caught a barbel from the thames for several years now!!
Until next time......
Work and my family play a big part in the amount of fishing I do, so its not always easy to get out when the conditions suit, more a case of going when I have the chance whatever the conditions and deciding what to fish for based on when im going.
Losing the only fish I had hooked in a long time then losing it to tackle failure didnt help my cause either!!
I have had a couple of sessions out since my last blog entry, both after barbel, both were when the river was carrying extra water from the rain, and both resulted in the same result.......BLANK.
I like to keep in touch with whats going on at the river, whats being caught, conditions etc, but as I now live further away its not always easy for me to get there to check, as I used to drive and walk the river a couple of times a week checking on areas / seeing if anglers were catching etc.
So I use the internet to keep an eye on captures and river condition. Barbel captures from the Thames this year have gone mad, with fish to over 17lb being report and hundreds of fish over 10lb.
The rain has made it one of the best years for them by far, yet I have still found it hard to muster up the encouragement to get out and do more than I should.
I use several barbel pages on facebook
Barbel Fishing (The Prince of the River)
Thames Barbel Anglers
The Barbel Society
As well as forums
Cemex Angling
Barbel Fishing World
Heres hoping I can get out alot more during 2013, I have alot of catching up to do, having not caught a barbel from the thames for several years now!!
Until next time......
posted from Bloggeroid
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