Lord Paul of Sheffield
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I'm off down to the river Rother tomorrow for my first session of the new season, my target will be chub and barbel with the possibility of a stray carp.
Bait wise I've got halibut ground bait, hemp and sweet corn, halibut pellets and I'll be taking maggots(for roach and dace if the chub and barbel don't show up) and a tin of meat just as back up.
The weather is looking to be hot so I may take some bread as a back up to free line for chub if all else fails.
So tonight I'll be sorting out the kit, making the ground bait up, tying a few hook lengths and looking forward to the day, tomorrow evening I'll be itching from insect bites and nettle stings, sun burnt and moaning about how I didn't catch and wondering what I can do differently next time