What ho chaps
Got back from my canal cruise on Saturday - had a weeks on the Llangollen Canal
Great time - the boat was a bit small so had to have a raft built for the servants to tow behind the narrow boat, and then could only get a basic crew of 10 on board to I travelled light.
The fishing was harder than I expected - started on the waggler but due to the flow of the canal this became impossible to present bait well.
Then tried a stick float with caster as bait but never got a bite , I tried sweet corn but still no results , finally bread got a few bites but I couldn't hit them.
Even in the rain fish were topping , and with the water being fairly clear I came up with the idea to undershot the float and use it for casting proposes only and fished with small pieces of bread either on the surface or just sinking below and watch the bread. At last success I caught a few roach and dace - nothing very big but at least I was catching.
I did try spinning for pike several times - but none showed.
Tally Ho
Got back from my canal cruise on Saturday - had a weeks on the Llangollen Canal
Great time - the boat was a bit small so had to have a raft built for the servants to tow behind the narrow boat, and then could only get a basic crew of 10 on board to I travelled light.
The fishing was harder than I expected - started on the waggler but due to the flow of the canal this became impossible to present bait well.
Then tried a stick float with caster as bait but never got a bite , I tried sweet corn but still no results , finally bread got a few bites but I couldn't hit them.
Even in the rain fish were topping , and with the water being fairly clear I came up with the idea to undershot the float and use it for casting proposes only and fished with small pieces of bread either on the surface or just sinking below and watch the bread. At last success I caught a few roach and dace - nothing very big but at least I was catching.
I did try spinning for pike several times - but none showed.
Tally Ho