Yesterday was foul. Cold swirling gale and freezing hands in the hail. Tore my coat and lost a decent mudpig on a hook pull. Didn't enjoy it at all.
By the time post lunch and garden chores done today it was just a breeze and the sun was out. An hour on a different feeling Golden Pond. This swim has a few more inches of water over the thick slit, I lightened the load with corn and just a #6 shot under the puddle chucker float. Corn and some tinned hemp that had been in and out of the freezer 3 times now.
First cast and a mudpig took a tour of the pads before the hook slipped.Did manage two line slapping tincas though, the first a sedate affair and the second a real spirited old thing. (I'd sneaked out a second rod with a mini Source and was glad of the beefier 5lb bs Float Fish) Mojo returned.
By the time post lunch and garden chores done today it was just a breeze and the sun was out. An hour on a different feeling Golden Pond. This swim has a few more inches of water over the thick slit, I lightened the load with corn and just a #6 shot under the puddle chucker float. Corn and some tinned hemp that had been in and out of the freezer 3 times now.
First cast and a mudpig took a tour of the pads before the hook slipped.Did manage two line slapping tincas though, the first a sedate affair and the second a real spirited old thing. (I'd sneaked out a second rod with a mini Source and was glad of the beefier 5lb bs Float Fish) Mojo returned.
Lovely looking Tench fella!
ReplyDeleteThey'll never get big in there but are game battlers. I'll have to try for some of the rudd x bream hybrids, they are something else to see
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