Post by bluedave on Jul 22, 2006 20:33:54 GMT
I arrived at the Dee around 5:15 am, and it was a glorious morning. The mist was rising off the river and everywhere was silent apart from the odd sound of the lark in the distance.
I settled on the furthest stretch of the river out of the way of the usual anglers. I hadnt yet fished this far down so it was a bit of a learning curve for me. As I soon found out the river is anywhere from 8 - 14ft deep in this area compared to the 4 ft deep stretch i'd left behind me. I decided to fish the nearside bank under an inviting looking tree.
I started off with the maggot feeder but was plagued by eels
so changed to a straight bomb with halibut pellet and pva bags full of crushed pellet. After an hour and half Id had a few twiches but nothing concrete so I set up a stick float rig which instantly brought me some nice roach but not the chub i was after. Back onto the feeder with meat on the hook for the final few hours brought me plenty of twitches and pulls but again nothing i could hit. So at the end of the session, no chub, a few dace, plenty of roach and a few eels.
Disappointing from the fishing point of view, however, for me the real winner for me was the wildlife, much better than a muddy hole in the ground any day. Just as I was setting up my stick float I was greeted by some cows coming down to the river for a drink - fabulous. I'll definately be coming to this stretch again.
I settled on the furthest stretch of the river out of the way of the usual anglers. I hadnt yet fished this far down so it was a bit of a learning curve for me. As I soon found out the river is anywhere from 8 - 14ft deep in this area compared to the 4 ft deep stretch i'd left behind me. I decided to fish the nearside bank under an inviting looking tree.
I started off with the maggot feeder but was plagued by eels
so changed to a straight bomb with halibut pellet and pva bags full of crushed pellet. After an hour and half Id had a few twiches but nothing concrete so I set up a stick float rig which instantly brought me some nice roach but not the chub i was after. Back onto the feeder with meat on the hook for the final few hours brought me plenty of twitches and pulls but again nothing i could hit. So at the end of the session, no chub, a few dace, plenty of roach and a few eels. Disappointing from the fishing point of view, however, for me the real winner for me was the wildlife, much better than a muddy hole in the ground any day. Just as I was setting up my stick float I was greeted by some cows coming down to the river for a drink - fabulous. I'll definately be coming to this stretch again.
