An afternoon session this one, from midday until around 6pm, and with the river falling after being
 |
| Dowles Bridge |
nearly four feet up I had high hopes. The peg just above Dowles bridge was free, surprisingly, so I settled on that. In fact the place was deserted, just me there, barbel anglers hae been waiting for months for good conditions, and when we get them, they stay at home! Anyway, I started on a pellet rod, and a rod with a lump of meat on, but it wasn't long before I changed things around, switching the upstream rod to a feeder with pellet, and the downstream rod to a straight lead with pellet.
 |
| 9lb 10oz |
The first bite took an hour to arrive, which resulted in a hook pull...but another wrap round 30 minutes later resulted in the first fish of the session, a splasher of around 3-4lb. I did think at the time that this could be the first of quite a few, and it wasn't long before I hooked another one, this fish gave a much more dogged fight, as bigger fish do. A three or four minute tussle and I landed the fish, a nice one too, weighing in at 9.10, my best Severn fish of the season, happy days!
The next chuck produced an equally lovely fish, not as big but still a fine fish of 8.4, again on the pellet. I tried meat several times during the session, but I just couldnt get a bite on it, with pellet being the best bait by far. This bait brought me a couple more splashers, and another one between 5 and 6lb, all on the downstream rod, in fact, I never had a tap on the upstream setup.
 |
| 8lb 4oz |
A great session though, the middle of October, six lovely barbel, and the temperature almost 20 degrees, it doesnt get any better!
See the video of this session here:-
No comments:
Post a Comment