The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

River Blackwater 1300-1500hrs Yesterday

Brrrrr Chilly, the trick on a day like this is to keep moving. Trotting is a good mobile style so 'pin and Fred Taylor Trotter, 3lb Maxima and wag&drag. Bait, red grubs!

Lots of depth adjusting and shot fiddling until bites suddenly showed up in a nice tree girt swim

Could they be roach?

Could they?

No, a 2lb, or so, chub splashed his way in. Still in these conditions most welcome

Next run through, well inching the float through, if truth be told, resulted in what looked like his smaller brother coming to net.

But on unhooking, the look of the scales and delicacy of the mouth warranted the Fat Angler checking the fins.......glad I did

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Any 12oz dace is worthy of his portrait being taken, even if only by a man with no photographic skills whatsoever!

No more bites after this.

The short journey home was accompanied by a silly grin and ridiculously bad singing

As ever,.......


Moley

Excellent, Moley..I do love a dace. They bring a silly grin to my face, as well!

Well done Moley, the Blackwaters hidden treasures!......

A dace to treasure, well done Moley.

Gurn wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:10 pm Excellent, Moley..I do love a dace. They bring a silly grin to my face, as well!

Only roach, rudd, dace and gudgeon seem to result in me grinning like a man bereft of worries nowadays.

The bigger fish like carp, barbel et al whilst often magnificent, just don't induce the same feelings. I can't explain why this is so.......it just is!

Alas, where are my manners; many thanks to those who took the time to leave kind words. It really makes a difference to me.

As ever,.......

Moley

This is so very true, Moley.
Russ

What a magnificent pipe your sporting, must dig my one out.

Paul D wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:12 pm What a magnificent pipe your sporting, must dig my one out.

I used to smoke a cherry wood pipe with a pipe tobacco I think was called eringmore? that was some forty years ago!

Sussex Micky wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:02 pm

Paul D wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:12 pm What a magnificent pipe your sporting, must dig my one out.

I used to smoke a cherry wood pipe with a pipe tobacco I think was called eringmore? that was some forty years ago!

You can still get it Micky

Ogden's Exmoor Hunt was my favourite

Sadly this is no longer made but recently I have found a brilliant substitute made by the Kendal Tobacco People

I don't smoke much nowadays only whilst out fishing to keep the mossies at bay.

As ever,..............

Mokey.