I'm beginning to wonder whether I should rename this blog 'Northwood Barbeller', as the venue has seen lots of attention from myself over these last few weeks, and has taken up most of the posts of this new blog of mine. Fear not though, I DO fish other venues apart from this one!!!
Anyway, I was on the bank at midday, doing six hours into dark, and with stories of big fish coming off the river, I had high hopes. I started 100 yards above the bridge, what a mistake that proved to be....three hours without a touch, and the swim also proving to be a snag-pit, four times snagged up losing hooks.
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| Hairy moments |
At 3pm, I decided a move was in order, and surprise, surprise, I jumped back onto the peg above the bridge again. I changed things around a bit, a pellet rod, and the other with a huge chunk of meat on it.
It was 4.30pm when the pellet rod went off, and 4.31pm when the meat rod did the same. A double hook-up. I've had a few of these now, and those of you who've never had it happen, it's a real pain in the proverbial. The only thing you can do is make the best of it. My approach is to leave the baitrunner engaged on the second rod, while you play the first fish. Once the first fish is in the net, I unhook it, and leave it to rest (I use a big net to facilitate this), and then i go about playing the other fish. Hopefully, I can net that too, and it's a case of resting and returning both fish together.
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| One of two from the day |
In this case, one fish was about 5lb, the other around 6lb, and although I fished into dark, that proved to be the only barbel action of the day, with a small chub gracing the net before I went home.
No big fish sadly, but can't moan, it wasn't a blank!!
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