Short session on the Shropy
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:54 pm
Good evening all,
The Canal & River Trust are going to be doing a feature soon on the "Top Ten Favourite Places on the Waterway Wanderers Permit" which will be on the fishing section of their web site. They, in their wisdom, nominated me for a piece on the Shropshire Union Canal so I have been out today and had a very short session on a length at a place called Craughton, which is just a bit further along from the area behind Chester Zoo.
I decided I would do something a bit different and instead of sitting there holding 13 metres of carbon pole, (sorry, I know I used a rude word there) and yes, I do have several ****n poles and I enjoy useing them, sorry again, I won't mention them again, I just took one of my split cane rods and matched it with a vintage fixed spool reel.
The rod is a 12ft 6" float rod by Reliant Fishing Tackle, I don't know if anyone is familliar with them, I don't know anything about them myself, I can date the rod fairly accurately as on the bottom of the but section there is a silver band with an inscription on it, which reads :- "Presented to C.W. Caunde by the Shropshire Anglers Federation for services as Hon. Secretary, 29th September 1948". Assuming that the rod could have been made during the previous twelve months it makes the rod 68 years old, just a bit older than me !! The reel I used was an Intrepid New Deluxe, I am sure one of you experts will know the era this comes from, I am guessing late 60's/early 70's ?
As I said earlier it was a very short session and I only wanted to catch a few fish for a photo' to accompany the article, conditions were quite nice to start with, the sun broke through and it was quite mild but there was quite a strong breeze blowing from left to right and combined with the natural flow of the canal which is in the same direction it was almost impossible to hold the far side of the canal. Instead I opted to fish just of the end of the rod and lay on over depth with a small porcupine quill float. I managed to catch four small roach, a perch of about half a pound and a small eel, the eel was a bit of a surprize as I haven't caught one for a long time, a few years back they were a bit of a nuisance but they seemed to dissapear, so it is nice to know that there are still some there.
Sorry that the net of fish isn't of the usuall standard that are posted on here but the main point that I am pleased about is the fact that the rod I used is older than me and still catching fish after 68 years, it is not in the best pristine condition, the rings could do with re-whipping and it could do with a coat or two of varnish but after 60 odd years it is entitled to be a bit rough around the edges, as I am, and it is still catching fish, as I am !
Regards,
John
The Canal & River Trust are going to be doing a feature soon on the "Top Ten Favourite Places on the Waterway Wanderers Permit" which will be on the fishing section of their web site. They, in their wisdom, nominated me for a piece on the Shropshire Union Canal so I have been out today and had a very short session on a length at a place called Craughton, which is just a bit further along from the area behind Chester Zoo.
I decided I would do something a bit different and instead of sitting there holding 13 metres of carbon pole, (sorry, I know I used a rude word there) and yes, I do have several ****n poles and I enjoy useing them, sorry again, I won't mention them again, I just took one of my split cane rods and matched it with a vintage fixed spool reel.
The rod is a 12ft 6" float rod by Reliant Fishing Tackle, I don't know if anyone is familliar with them, I don't know anything about them myself, I can date the rod fairly accurately as on the bottom of the but section there is a silver band with an inscription on it, which reads :- "Presented to C.W. Caunde by the Shropshire Anglers Federation for services as Hon. Secretary, 29th September 1948". Assuming that the rod could have been made during the previous twelve months it makes the rod 68 years old, just a bit older than me !! The reel I used was an Intrepid New Deluxe, I am sure one of you experts will know the era this comes from, I am guessing late 60's/early 70's ?
As I said earlier it was a very short session and I only wanted to catch a few fish for a photo' to accompany the article, conditions were quite nice to start with, the sun broke through and it was quite mild but there was quite a strong breeze blowing from left to right and combined with the natural flow of the canal which is in the same direction it was almost impossible to hold the far side of the canal. Instead I opted to fish just of the end of the rod and lay on over depth with a small porcupine quill float. I managed to catch four small roach, a perch of about half a pound and a small eel, the eel was a bit of a surprize as I haven't caught one for a long time, a few years back they were a bit of a nuisance but they seemed to dissapear, so it is nice to know that there are still some there.
Sorry that the net of fish isn't of the usuall standard that are posted on here but the main point that I am pleased about is the fact that the rod I used is older than me and still catching fish after 68 years, it is not in the best pristine condition, the rings could do with re-whipping and it could do with a coat or two of varnish but after 60 odd years it is entitled to be a bit rough around the edges, as I am, and it is still catching fish, as I am !
Regards,
John