john hooper
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such as been life and the amount of rain that we have endured this year with the river in almost continuous flood i have only managed a couple of trips to the dove at dove ridge, the first trip resulted in just a single chub of about 4lbs despite fishing till well past midnight, this hasn't been unusual on the dove however the latest trip has filled me with optimisim for the future.On saturday i fished through the afternoon trotting with maggots and as well as the usual grayling and trout i caught seven chub from about 1/2 ib to 1 1/2 ibs and several nice dace a species i havn't previously caught on this stretch. The small chub were particuarly welcome as for some years we seemed to be fishing for a few large fish with no new year groups coming through , at last this cycle seems to be coming to an end.Now i would like some roach to catch, it's not to much to ask is it ?, breaking my barbel duck on the dove would be good to. Lets hope the young fish spell a comeback towards some big catches in the future.
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