Steve Spiller
Well-known member
Hi guys, I need your help.
After talking to a certain FM member who shall remain anonymous, I have decided my angling future will take a huge change. I've been fishing now for 34 years and I feel I have missed out on a lot that it has to offer.
So, I have set myself a challenge to catch a 2lb roach before the end of the season from my local Bristol Avon. I don't want anyone to name venues or give swims away, I just want to know how you would approach this challenge on a river i.e. bait and tactics.
My first obvious choice will be to use bread flake in conjunction with liquidised bread. I intend to bait several swims and fish them all at some point throughout the day, then settle into one swim and fish it into darkness for a couple of hours.
I would be very interested to know what you would look for in a swim that would indicate to you that it held large roach? Visual sightings of the roach would be almost impossible, the Avon is deep and slow, so it is a case of me learning to read a swim and look for features that might hold the roach.
Cheers guys, I would be very grateful for any advice you can offer me.
Steve.
After talking to a certain FM member who shall remain anonymous, I have decided my angling future will take a huge change. I've been fishing now for 34 years and I feel I have missed out on a lot that it has to offer.
So, I have set myself a challenge to catch a 2lb roach before the end of the season from my local Bristol Avon. I don't want anyone to name venues or give swims away, I just want to know how you would approach this challenge on a river i.e. bait and tactics.
My first obvious choice will be to use bread flake in conjunction with liquidised bread. I intend to bait several swims and fish them all at some point throughout the day, then settle into one swim and fish it into darkness for a couple of hours.
I would be very interested to know what you would look for in a swim that would indicate to you that it held large roach? Visual sightings of the roach would be almost impossible, the Avon is deep and slow, so it is a case of me learning to read a swim and look for features that might hold the roach.
Cheers guys, I would be very grateful for any advice you can offer me.
Steve.