My poor old mum is really not well at all now so it's down the A140 as often as I can and I really did need a head clear when I left so dropped off at the Suffolk Stour on the way home to do just that and it really helped to have a mardle with the Loafer as I lay waste to the hungry chub population of the Stour.......
A hint of light breaking out of what had been a leaden, wet sky and in sheltered spots out of a fierce wind quite mild
It was a cracking 'lil chub of (the Loafer guessed it spot on ) 3lb 6oz nicely hooked in the top lip.
A nice hour on the river Waaak.
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DeleteA nice chub, and still bronze in colour. The pictures I've seen of chub up 'ere are of silvery washed out fish. Decent landing net handles are hard to come by these days. They all seem to be flop sticks that bend under the weight of the net
ReplyDeleteSuppose I need one of them carp bagging handles the puddle boys use.
DeleteFrom what I've seen they bend more than the rods they use. I still think the old style metal handles have a lot going for them if you don't need a handle longer than eight foot.
DeleteI like 3m if possible
DeleteAt that length I use the Specialist Extending Landing Net Handle. Not the lightest handle but it doesn't struggle with fast currents.
DeleteNice Chub!
ReplyDeleteIt was a proper'un
DeleteLovely chub, sometimes you just need that one fish. Proper metal landing net pole is the only way to go!
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DeleteNice chub Bainsey boh,bit of reward for effort put in never goes amiss,I'm thinking of tackling the Stour more next year,had some good chub to 6 lb on the Nayland stretch a few years ago, they also released a lot of young barbel there about 15 years ago, haven't heard if they survived or grew to any size
ReplyDeleteYou been on the beer Whittler ?
DeleteCheck it out man eadt ran an article on it 😁
DeleteBarbel disappeared about 10-15 years ago, just before you retired.
DeleteProbably about as rare as Wensum barbel these days
DeleteThey didn't do very well then🙄
ReplyDeleteA few got quite big but didn't last long.
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