Date:.. Friday 06/03/15
Venue:... Ribble
Time fished:...16:30:00hrs 22:30hrs
Weather conditions:... Sunny but with a cold breeze clouding over at dusk. Hazy moon when it came out
Water conditions:... EA River level at 04:30hrs @ NJR 0.7M.
Air temperature:... 13.6C dropping to 7C by the end of the session.
Water Temperature:... 9C
Bait:... Bread Flake, Crust & Crust/cheese paste
Method:.. 2 rods both fished 50M out – Upstream Rod Bread Flake and Crust and feeder filled with liquidized bread, hemp & micro pellets. Downstream Rod Pellet/Cheese Paste and feeder filled with liquidized bread hemp & micro pellets.
Results:... Three Chub 4lb; 5lb-9oz and 3lb-1oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:… The car park was almost full when I arrived. There were eight angles fishing, most of whom left at dusk. Some chub and barbel were caught during the day but the consensus was it was hard going. Started getting knocks at dusk and the first chub came at 18:55hrs the two larger chub I caught on bread flake and the smaller one on the downstream rod when I changed over from pellet/cheese paste to crust for the last hour. The 5lb-9oz chub made the session well worth the effort.
Date:.. Sunday 08/03/15
Venue:... Ribble
Time fished:...16:30:00hrs 22:30hrs
Weather conditions:... Sunny with cool breeze, bright moon just before packing up
Water conditions:... EA River level at 04:30hrs @ NJR 0.48M.
Air temperature:... 10.7C dropping to -1C by the end of the session.
Water Temperature:... 8C
Bait:... Bread Flake, Crust & Crust/cheese paste
Method:.. 2 rods both fished 50M out – Upstream Rod Bread Flake and Crust and feeder filled with liquidised bread, hemp & micro pellets. Downstream Rod Crust/Cheese Paste and feeder filled with liquidised bread hemp & micro pellets.
Results:... One Chub 2lb-6oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:… What started out as a good day, one 2lb-6oz chub second cast literally froze up on me at dusk. As soon as the sun set, the temperature plummeted from 10C to -1C. My rod tips never moved a millimetre from dusk until I packed in at 22:30hrs. When I switch on my headlamp to pack up, myself and my gear, were all covered in ice crystals and my landing net was frozen solid and stuck to the ground. Still very cold up here in the Dales, let’s hope it warms up a bit before my next trip, and last of the season, to the Ribble on Tuesday or Thursday?
Date:.. Thursday 12/03/15
Venue:... Ribble
Time fished:...14:30:00hrs 24:00hrs
Weather conditions:... Overcast with hazy sun, clouding over at dusk and heavy rain @ 20:00hrs
Water conditions:... EA River level at 04:30hrs @ NJR 0.61M.
Air temperature:... 13.2C dropping to 5.5C by the end of the session.
Water Temperature:... 8.1C
Bait:... Bread Flake, Crust & Crust/cheese paste
Method:.. 2 rods both fished 30M out – Upstream Rod Crust and feeder filled with liquidized bread, hemp & micro pellets. Downstream Rod Crust/Cheese Paste and feeder filled with liquidized bread hemp & micro pellets.
Results:... Eight Chub to 4lb-15 (four over 4lb) and one Barbel 12lb-2oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:… Last trip of 2014/15 season as the weather is not looking too good for the last couple of days. First chub came at 16:15 hrs then it was steady away up to the end of the session with the last chub coming at 23:45hrs. At 20:10hrs I'd a 12lb-2oz Barbel on crust/cheese paste which is a new PB for me by 2oz. The last few hours were miserable with heavy rain which eventually made the flog back up the hill out of the woods to the car park hard work, but at least it had stopped raining for a while.
Well another dollar, another day and the end of another season, roll on 16th June