UKCF Anglers.

[gav_sw20]

Just christened my tackle-shed I’ve built.

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[Dorsetman]

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Great afternoon and evening with the start of the Mayfly and a few wild Brown Trout ready to oblige.

[Max A]

Very nice 🎣👍🏻

[Simon Bolivar]

Indeed, excellent day, were you using a 3/4# rod?

[Dorsetman]

A #4 rod Simon.

I've also been quizzing the keeper on where those toothy leviathans reside....... for the winter months!

[Dorsetman]

It's a tough old job, but someone has to do it....

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[gav_sw20]

River season started on Weds June 16th so I headed out in the evening with new tactics compared to last year.

I’ve tracked down a few old Barbel books on eBay and been reading them over the last few months and the consistent message in all of them is to get the fish feeding comfortably before putting your hook-bait in.

So, I got there at 5:30pm, picked a swim and proceeded to bait-drop 1kg of hemp and 2pints of casters into x5 areas of my swim over the next two hours. My mates I was fishing with thought I was mad as they had their hook bait straight in the water, not surprising after three months of no river fishing.

I then fished from 7:30pm ~ 10pm and had two PB’s. These being a 4lb Chub and a 10lb 8oz Barbel 😀😀😀

My target for the season was to get one ‘double’ Barbel and I’ve done that within two hours of fishing !!!

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[Dorsetman]

Cracking fish, well done!

[Max A]

Looks like the patience paid off very well Great result!

[Simon Bolivar]

River season started on Weds June 16th so I headed out in the evening with new tactics compared to last year.

I’ve tracked down a few old Barbel books on eBay and been reading them over the last few months and the consistent message in all of them is to get the fish feeding comfortably before putting your hook-bait in.

So, I got there at 5:30pm, picked a swim and proceeded to bait-drop 1kg of hemp and 2pints of casters into x5 areas of my swim over the next two hours. My mates I was fishing with thought I was mad as they had their hook bait straight in the water, not surprising after three months of no river fishing.

I then fished from 7:30pm ~ 10pm and had two PB’s. These being a 4lb Chub and a 10lb 8oz Barbel 😀😀😀

My target for the season was to get one ‘double’ Barbel and I’ve done that within two hours of fishing !!!

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Many congrat's Gav, real crackers, I'll have to remember this tip when I fianlly get to barbel fish on the Hant's Avon. I once saw a friend catcha 7lb barbel, at night, on the Thames at Sonning. At the time, back circa '75 that was a big fish. I have still to catch one so first target is to catch one, then to beat the biggest one I have seen. Both realistically achievable. If & when I manage that we'll move up slowly. Now sure how I'd manage a big dble on the Avon, which has a strong flow & lots of weed.
So whattcha gonna smoke to celebrate your red letter day? And which Cohiba will you choice?

[Dorsetman]

Coming to the end of the Mayfly for this season, fish are replete and not so eager to come to the fly. Still a great time of the year to be out and I was even joined by Mrs Duck and her family!

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[Simon Bolivar]

Looks a lovely day & a grand smoke too!

[gav_sw20]

Had another PB last night with an 11lb 13oz Barbel. The thing almost ripped my arm off when I struck into it.

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[Dorsetman]

Had another PB last night with an 11lb 13oz Barbel. The thing almost ripped my arm off when I struck into it.

Worthy of a fine cigar indeed! But did you?

[gav_sw20]

Worthy of a fine cigar indeed! But did you?

Ironically I’d started a Choix Supreme about 45-mins before, the bait-runner real screamed off and I ended up ditching it as couldn’t cope with rod, landing net and cigar all at once

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