Joel and I decided it was about time we met up again and did another one of our little adventures to pastures new! A quick decision was made on the phone on Thursday night and the next thing you know we're booked in on How Caple Court Fishery on the wonderful River Wye for Sunday!
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| The stunning Rock Pool Swim! |
The days passed quickly and before you know it Sunday is upon us and Joel and I are making our way up the A48 towards Ross on Wye. We arrived there around 7am to find the river looking in perfect condition.
A little over 2 feet above it's summer levels, a touch of colour and relatively mild conditions. It looked spot on for a few chub and maybe even a barbel!
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| Keeping them peeled for a bite! |
We settled for a large famous swim called the Rock Pool. A gorgeous old salmon pool that back eddies on itself at the tail end of a wide corner in the river.
All looked bang on but we sat there for a good 4 hours without so much as a tremble on the rod tips??? I scaled right down to a size 20 hook and lightweight fluorocarbon hook length but to no avail....The fish just didn't seem to be interested whatsoever...
We tried another swim at the opposite end of the beat from just after lunch time, but again 3 hours more of fruitless activity despite regular casts with the feeders. We felt the time was vast approaching to try out a new prototype oil we have been working on for our future predator range.
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| Joel's awesome PB Pike from the River Wye! |
We placed the oil drenched dead baits into the swim and we sat back to await the results.....Joel decided he'd drop his rig out a little further into the flow and as he lifted the rig up in the water column, a big pike smashed the bait and came clear of the water! Joel looked so shocked that I thought he'd seen a ghost! After a spirited battle we netted the beauty and a few pics were taken. A new PB for Joel! Well done matey!
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| Even I managed s nice little snapper! |
I was next to catch one and just as the day was coming to an end the float dropped away and I hung on feeling for the bite on my rod.....a couple of seconds passed and a few inches of line started to pull free of the spool. I struck and was met with a solid resistance! A good sized pike was netted and a fish each saved us from a very quiet day! Thank god the Pike took a liking to the new Oils!
This week should be fairly mild by the looks of it, so i'm going to try and grab a few hours at my local club water again in search of a big old stripey!
