Chasing roach... a different approach.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:32 pm
Hello Gents,
back out on the Trent again after the roach .I was hoping a couple of sessions over the bank holiday,however life had other thoughts and it was Monday afternoon before I wet a line!
To cut a long story short I had an unexpected repair job at home and after spending a long time on the old knees I didn't fancy standing trotting a float for 4-5 hours.
The Trent was slightly up and there were a number of bivives still set up when I arrived so I opted for the deeper slower part of the section.
I had decided to use Liquidized bread in a small cage feeder and bread discs on the hook.
Touch ledgering was to be the method for bite indication and the trusty Hardy matchmaker and Mitchell 300 made up the tool kit.
Now I had not fished a feeder for a while nor touched ledgered so I was expecting to take a little time to get settled.
The swim itself was a little short on casting room so it called for patience and a side-ward underarm type of cast to land the filled feeder slightly up stream .
I am pleased to say that part went well and with the rod pointing towards the said feeder.The wait began.
The river was looking good and the first bite came within 5 minutes.To be honest I noticed the tip knock first and was into a six ounce roach.
At this point the trip was also to test out the bread discs.I have used these for float fishing but was waiting for chance to try them with a feeder.
The idea is not mine I followed Jeff Hatts -Idlers Quest website and was taken with how he described how he used bread for his roach fishing .
Basically the discs are punched from sliced bread in larger sizes 10-20mm.I use broken/off-cuts of fiberglass rods for this purpose.Once punched out they can be frozen for future use.on the bank you lightly compress the disc fold the disc and gently pinch the edges.The hook is hooked straight through the fold.Once in the water the bait expands to conceal the hook and leaves a soft bait.
Back to fishing.....more bites followed and I managed to bag around fifteen roach the best being maybe twelve ounces and a bonus bream in the 3-4 pound bracket.
The touch ledgering at times proved effective and as previously mention I just saw the tip of the Hardy knock.
Not sure if the depth (10-12 feet) of the swim comes into play or at times the limited space in the swim to get the angle consistent .
Food for thought and I will try again using my quivertip rod....that's for another day.
Best regards
Nige.
useful links re the bread discs and similar
http://idlersquest.blogspot.com/2012/01 ... bread.html
back out on the Trent again after the roach .I was hoping a couple of sessions over the bank holiday,however life had other thoughts and it was Monday afternoon before I wet a line!
To cut a long story short I had an unexpected repair job at home and after spending a long time on the old knees I didn't fancy standing trotting a float for 4-5 hours.
The Trent was slightly up and there were a number of bivives still set up when I arrived so I opted for the deeper slower part of the section.
I had decided to use Liquidized bread in a small cage feeder and bread discs on the hook.
Touch ledgering was to be the method for bite indication and the trusty Hardy matchmaker and Mitchell 300 made up the tool kit.
Now I had not fished a feeder for a while nor touched ledgered so I was expecting to take a little time to get settled.
The swim itself was a little short on casting room so it called for patience and a side-ward underarm type of cast to land the filled feeder slightly up stream .
I am pleased to say that part went well and with the rod pointing towards the said feeder.The wait began.
The river was looking good and the first bite came within 5 minutes.To be honest I noticed the tip knock first and was into a six ounce roach.
At this point the trip was also to test out the bread discs.I have used these for float fishing but was waiting for chance to try them with a feeder.
The idea is not mine I followed Jeff Hatts -Idlers Quest website and was taken with how he described how he used bread for his roach fishing .
Basically the discs are punched from sliced bread in larger sizes 10-20mm.I use broken/off-cuts of fiberglass rods for this purpose.Once punched out they can be frozen for future use.on the bank you lightly compress the disc fold the disc and gently pinch the edges.The hook is hooked straight through the fold.Once in the water the bait expands to conceal the hook and leaves a soft bait.
Back to fishing.....more bites followed and I managed to bag around fifteen roach the best being maybe twelve ounces and a bonus bream in the 3-4 pound bracket.
The touch ledgering at times proved effective and as previously mention I just saw the tip of the Hardy knock.
Not sure if the depth (10-12 feet) of the swim comes into play or at times the limited space in the swim to get the angle consistent .
Food for thought and I will try again using my quivertip rod....that's for another day.
Best regards
Nige.
useful links re the bread discs and similar
http://idlersquest.blogspot.com/2012/01 ... bread.html