PERNICKETY PERCH
Perch don't suck at maggots like roach do; their mouths just aren't made to do it. They are predators first and foremost with the tools to do the job and until this cold weather set in, I hadn't realised just how subtly and delicately they can feed. I wasn't after Perch at all really although I'll always gladly take whatever comes. Fishing a single maggot on a 20 hook on a 1.3 lbs hooklength was intended to keep me catching Roach from the lake when the conditions became difficult. There was undoubtedly an element of challenge and obstinacy at play here as well, rather in the same vein as my determination to continue catching fish on canals when the boats are moving. On my last visit, the bites took me by surprise they were so slow, positive but very slow, and it had soon become apparent that striking too early was a fruitless exercise. If anything, today was worse. Once again, it was two hours of regular casting, flickin...
