DH FISHING |
As you will have seen from the Happy New Year post, i had a couple of days on the canal midweek, which proved difficult. So with a rise in temperatures and some big winds forecast i felt it might fish a little better this weekend. Plus i was going to go armed with liquidised bread and offer them a little bit of punch to see if it tickled their fancy. Arrived waterside for about 8:45am and noticed it looked to have a tinge more colour in and whilst setting up i'd seen a couple of roach top, so i was feeling a little bit more optimistic. I decided to fish 3 lines on the pole, two at about 9m and 6.5m straight out infront of me and one just to the side on the edge of the track close in at about 5.5m. After cupping in small balls of bread on each line the first bite came on my near line, pretty quickly, which was a good sign as that was more i'd managed all day on Tuesday and even though i caught on Wednesday i had to wait much longer. Once the swims had settled, the line to the side and long line were producing the bites, so i concentrated on them and kept bites coming most runs through, although i had periods where they were difficult to hit. In the end i had around 30 fish, all Roach, most up to 2oz, but did managed 3 or 4 better ones at 4-5ozs.
With going a bit Carp mad over the past couple of years and not going near the Canal really, it was nice to be back on the very area where it all began, reminscing about some quality catches i'd had from the cut back in the early days. It's safe to say i'll not be neglecting it as much from here on in. Variety is the spice of life as they say! Tight Lines, Dan
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I'd like to wish anyone who has taken the time to have a read of my blog a very happy new year and i hope you have a prosperous and fish filled 2015!
Me? Well, it had been a slightly better end to 2014 than i had anticipated, as i was still expecting to be laid up with my leg now. But thankfully, i've healed quicker than expected and i have just been able to sneak out for a couple of canal sessions, for the last two days of 2014. I'd like to tell you about all the fish i caught but unforunately, i can't! On Tuesday i didn't have so much as a bite, despite trying two different pegs. Wednesday i returned, hoping a slight rise in temperatures and less sunlight might improve proceedings. However, this wasn't to be the case. I did manage half a dozen perch to 8oz, alternating between a line tight to a boat and about 1.5m shorter on the pole, feeding maggot and caster over both. All but one of my bites came on the shorter line. I had to keep ringing the changes, changing maggot colours and upping to double maggot, which brought the odd extra bite. The only re-assurance came from the match lads that were around me, as they all struggled too and had i been in the match i'd have won it comfortably! I suspect the recent influx of cold meltwater and very cold temperatures through the Calder Valley was the culprit as the Canal had been fishing well beforehand, with upper single figure weights featuring in the matches. May well give it another go in the not too distant future to see if it has picked up. Tight lines, Dan |