Post by bigdave on Nov 3, 2006 18:59:04 GMT
its was a cold and misty morning that greeted me as i opened the curtains this morning but this didnt put me off from having a go after the roach in my local club lake, i only had a bit of punch and some old caster/hemp that i had put in the freezer as bait, but i was still confidant id catch something despite this
the frost cracked under my feet as i opened the gate and picked a swim in the sun so that id at least have half a chance of getting a bit warm:(
i cupped in some crumb and went over it with a 0.4 g drennan lake, using an olivette as bulk and 2 number 11 hot as tell tale, hook was a 22 pb 31
first cast resulted in a little roach as did the next dozen casts, i was then lost a fish after the hook snapped ( they are very fine hooks) i put on a b520 again size 22 and i was soon catching roach after roach
i then hit into a nice skimmer of about 1 1/2 lb that had my number 3 elastic stretched out about 10 foot from the end of the pole
i switched to a slighly heavier rig next cast using a 4 *14 colmic jolley with a size 18 hook, there was number 5 elastic in this top kit, i used a larger double punch as bait and this resulted in another skimmer a bit bigger at about 2lb, this seemed to kill of the swim so i had a quick 10 mins over it with caster on the hook but this drew a blank, back to the lighter rig and a smaller piece of punch and the roach were soon back on the scene, i was catching steady for about 1/2 an hour but eventually bites tailed off, another look with caster only managed a small roach so i decided to feed another big pot of punch, 10 minutes later the roach were lined up and coming steady till the bream moved back i and i had 6 on the trot, the next bite resulted in the elastic( i was on the heavier number 5 elastic rig again) shot out at a rate of knots only to lose the fish
, first put in again the float shot off to the other side but this time i managed to land a small barbel , the first ive ever caught on punch!!
this seemed to kill off the swim a bit and it took a further pot ( and the last of) of my punch to get the bites going again, a mixture of both roach and skimmers some touching 3lb kept me going till i had to pack up to get the kids from school
really enjoyed my day, it wasnt that cold in my nice sunny peg and i was kept busy all day
