dezza
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I'm very happy with my day today. I went down a very quiet part of the Trent and discovered what I have been after for some time - Big River Bream.
But these bream were not only big - for a river that is, they were pretty, very pretty indeed. Golden bronze with not a mark on them, and clean as a whistle - hardly any slime. I got 3 - 7lbs 6oz, 6lbs 10 oz and 6lbs 2 oz. And all three fought as hard as many barbel of the same weight.
And then the rain came pouring down and I had to pack up after a complete washout. I also caught a barbel (there is always the danger of getting one of those whose running around probably spooked my bream) of about 5 lbs.
So next time I am going equipped with a lot more groundbait.
I want a ten pound Trent bream. I am told that double figure bream have been caught along this particular stretch. It's strictly private and I was very lucky to get carte blanche along this rather pretty bit of the Tidal Trent.
I'll be back.
But these bream were not only big - for a river that is, they were pretty, very pretty indeed. Golden bronze with not a mark on them, and clean as a whistle - hardly any slime. I got 3 - 7lbs 6oz, 6lbs 10 oz and 6lbs 2 oz. And all three fought as hard as many barbel of the same weight.
And then the rain came pouring down and I had to pack up after a complete washout. I also caught a barbel (there is always the danger of getting one of those whose running around probably spooked my bream) of about 5 lbs.
So next time I am going equipped with a lot more groundbait.
I want a ten pound Trent bream. I am told that double figure bream have been caught along this particular stretch. It's strictly private and I was very lucky to get carte blanche along this rather pretty bit of the Tidal Trent.
I'll be back.