With the weather acting as it has been lately, it doesn?t make you feel like doing much at all, hot, lifeless, and muggy.
I managed just over a couple of hours fishing yesterday, and was rewarded with a few decent chub. The last three times I have been out, I haven?t bothered with freebies or pre baiting, I have relied entirely on single hook baits. Okay, while I have been sitting waiting for a bite which didn?t take long, I couldn?t help but think that if I had put freebies in I would get a lot more out of each swim. Or if I had brought my float rod instead I would have had a lot more. The thing is I am satisfied with catching the odd chub out of each swim, and then moving on to the next. As at the moment I don?t know if it?s because of the weather, or I am looking for something different, because things seem to have gotten to easy. There are three things that have crossed my mind recently, one is that I am hearing of more people looking for a different challenge, (for want of a better phrase) and I think I would put myself in that category. The other is one of the discussions on here about clothing etc to wear real trea, yes that?s a joke thread but some people have said that keeping quite is more important. I couldn?t agree more with that. At the end of my short session yesterday, I decided to stay put in this particular swim, as I had caught a couple of nice chub and I had this feeling that there were more. All of a sudden from behind me a couple of elderly and foreign speaking chaps started to SHOUT have you caught many etc. I didn?t say much to them but was polite enough. Although I knew I wouldn?t be catching any more from the swim I was in, through the shouting and waving of arms above and behind me.
The third thing that I have noticed is that although I am not putting freebies in, there has not been a significant drop in my catch rate.
I don?t think it?s because I might be a good angler, or I know of where to go, I think there are a lot more fish about this year in the river systems.
Has anybody else noticed their catch rates improving?
I managed just over a couple of hours fishing yesterday, and was rewarded with a few decent chub. The last three times I have been out, I haven?t bothered with freebies or pre baiting, I have relied entirely on single hook baits. Okay, while I have been sitting waiting for a bite which didn?t take long, I couldn?t help but think that if I had put freebies in I would get a lot more out of each swim. Or if I had brought my float rod instead I would have had a lot more. The thing is I am satisfied with catching the odd chub out of each swim, and then moving on to the next. As at the moment I don?t know if it?s because of the weather, or I am looking for something different, because things seem to have gotten to easy. There are three things that have crossed my mind recently, one is that I am hearing of more people looking for a different challenge, (for want of a better phrase) and I think I would put myself in that category. The other is one of the discussions on here about clothing etc to wear real trea, yes that?s a joke thread but some people have said that keeping quite is more important. I couldn?t agree more with that. At the end of my short session yesterday, I decided to stay put in this particular swim, as I had caught a couple of nice chub and I had this feeling that there were more. All of a sudden from behind me a couple of elderly and foreign speaking chaps started to SHOUT have you caught many etc. I didn?t say much to them but was polite enough. Although I knew I wouldn?t be catching any more from the swim I was in, through the shouting and waving of arms above and behind me.
The third thing that I have noticed is that although I am not putting freebies in, there has not been a significant drop in my catch rate.
I don?t think it?s because I might be a good angler, or I know of where to go, I think there are a lot more fish about this year in the river systems.
Has anybody else noticed their catch rates improving?