TIPS FOR PERCH
Bream were my intended quarry today; Bream or Roach. To that end and because I just fancied a change, I decide to use my 'bitsa' quivertip rod, the Jubilee de luxe, designed, built and named just for the job on this venue. It was my attempt at replacing my Cadence and Shakespeare carbon wands with cane, suitable for light feeder fishing on lakes and canals up to 30 yds. It will lob filled feeders of 10 and 15, even 20 grams if necessary but is most pleasant to use with the smaller sizes and today I used a 10gm maggot feeder, recast every ten minutes for the first hour and every 15 minutes thereafter.
It worked well and as I got more used to fishing the tip, it was surprising, to me at least, just how effective it was. Ignoring every indication until the tip pulled round and stayed round was the key. "Sit on your hands" was a famous piece of Ivan Mark's advice; he was bang on the money. Every fish I had this morning gave an unmissable bite. The only slight but welcome surprise was that seven of my eight fish were Perch and good ones at that. Five were over a pound and the other two only an ounce or two light. My Bream plan was a tad battered but a nice Hybrid of 1 lbs 11 oz served to demonstrate that in another swim, this would be a very effective method.
Up until then my biggest fish on this rod was the 4lbs chub that I caught from the Waveney on its first outing. It had proved eminently unsuitable for that purpose; the current putting such a set in the tip that its value as a quivertip was entirely neutralised. It wasn't great for playing the fish either being neither long enough to keep a wiley Chub away from the bankside weeds or powerful enough to bully it out once it had reached them.
In a bid to try another approach for the Crucians at The Pool however I decided to overlook its want of power and give it another outing. Things started in predictable fashion with a couple of tiny perch finding my maggots irresistible. Inevitably, an hour or so into the morning, the tip wrapped round and I was fast into another big Tench. Fortunately I was fishing out towards the middle and it was fairly easy to let it just plod around in open water before eventually hustling it in towards the snags and the waiting net. It was a new fish to us fortunately as repeat captures, while exciting enough at the time, are sadly diminished in the sense of achievement stakes.
Anyhow this was another five pounder and the rod handled it just fine. I can't say that I would choose it for Tench fishing; it is far more suited to Roach, Perch and Bream, but it still passed the test twice with a second fish of 3 lbs plus coming to the net later on. the rod then is a success but oif I want to get further out for those Bream or be better equipped to deal with the size of Tench that we have been catching lately then a stronger version still is required and I have just the right old piece of cane waiting in the workshop. It will have to wait though; I currently have two Salmon fly rods half-converted into Carp rods, another Sowerbutts pole half finished, an R Sealey Matchwinner mid-varnish and a Clayton Spanish reed float rod awaiting another coat. There's so little time.
It worked well and as I got more used to fishing the tip, it was surprising, to me at least, just how effective it was. Ignoring every indication until the tip pulled round and stayed round was the key. "Sit on your hands" was a famous piece of Ivan Mark's advice; he was bang on the money. Every fish I had this morning gave an unmissable bite. The only slight but welcome surprise was that seven of my eight fish were Perch and good ones at that. Five were over a pound and the other two only an ounce or two light. My Bream plan was a tad battered but a nice Hybrid of 1 lbs 11 oz served to demonstrate that in another swim, this would be a very effective method.
Up until then my biggest fish on this rod was the 4lbs chub that I caught from the Waveney on its first outing. It had proved eminently unsuitable for that purpose; the current putting such a set in the tip that its value as a quivertip was entirely neutralised. It wasn't great for playing the fish either being neither long enough to keep a wiley Chub away from the bankside weeds or powerful enough to bully it out once it had reached them.
In a bid to try another approach for the Crucians at The Pool however I decided to overlook its want of power and give it another outing. Things started in predictable fashion with a couple of tiny perch finding my maggots irresistible. Inevitably, an hour or so into the morning, the tip wrapped round and I was fast into another big Tench. Fortunately I was fishing out towards the middle and it was fairly easy to let it just plod around in open water before eventually hustling it in towards the snags and the waiting net. It was a new fish to us fortunately as repeat captures, while exciting enough at the time, are sadly diminished in the sense of achievement stakes.
Anyhow this was another five pounder and the rod handled it just fine. I can't say that I would choose it for Tench fishing; it is far more suited to Roach, Perch and Bream, but it still passed the test twice with a second fish of 3 lbs plus coming to the net later on. the rod then is a success but oif I want to get further out for those Bream or be better equipped to deal with the size of Tench that we have been catching lately then a stronger version still is required and I have just the right old piece of cane waiting in the workshop. It will have to wait though; I currently have two Salmon fly rods half-converted into Carp rods, another Sowerbutts pole half finished, an R Sealey Matchwinner mid-varnish and a Clayton Spanish reed float rod awaiting another coat. There's so little time.
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