FISHING ON THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL
WELCOME BACK TO MY BLOG IT BEEN A WHILE SINCE MY LAST BLOG ON HERE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO GET OUT AND THE WEATHER AS BE CRAP I HAVE DONE A COUPLE EVENING SESSION BUT IT AS BEEN VERY HARD FISHING ON THE CANAL THAT IS THE REASON I HAVEN'T DONE ANY BLOGS AS IT HAS NOT BEEN WORTH WRITING ABOUT.I DECIDED TO DO A MORNING ON ONE OF MY MOST LOVED STRETCHES ON THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL I LEFT HOME AT AROUND 6 AM AND HEADED UP TO THE CANAL WITH MY GEAR I WENT UNDER THE FIRST FOOT BRIDGE AN HEADED DOWN ALONG THE DEAD STRETCH .I FISHED HALF WAY DOWN THE DEAD STRETCH A I LIKED THE LOOK OF THE PEG I WAS GOING TO FISH.
THERE WAS A LARGE WEED BED ON THE INSIDE AND REEDS ON THE FAR BANK AND IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD I STARTED TO SET MY GEAR UP I WAS GOING TO SET UP A MATCH TOP 3 KIT WITH A NUMBER 6 ELASTIC WITH A O.40GR RIZOR POLE FLOAT ON A 3LB MAIN LINE TO A 2LB HOOK LENGTH TO A SIZE 18 ANIMAL BARBLESS HOOK I PLUMBED THIS RIG OUT AT AROUND 6 METERS OUT IN FRONT OF ME JUST PAST THE BOAT CHANNEL.I WAS GOING TO FISH THIS RIG ABOUT 1 INCH OVER DEPTH THE.THE OTHER TOP KIT WAS A POWER TOP 2 IT WAS ELASTICATED WITH A NUMBER 8-10 ELASTIC THROUGH BOTH SECTIONS ON THIS TOP I WAS USING A 0.30GR RAZOR POLE FLOAT ON A 3 LB MAINLINE TO A 2.1LB HOOK LENGTH TO A SIZE 18 ANIMAL HOOK
AS THE OTHER RIG.THIS RIG WAS PLUMBED UP ON THE FAR BANK AT 11.5 METERS I WAS ALSO GOING TO FISH THE SAME RIG ON THE WEED BED ON THE INSIDE IN THE MARGINS AS IT WAS THE SAME DEPTH AS THE FAR BANK.I STARTED BY FEEDING A BALL OF CRUMB ON THE MARGIN SWIM AND THE SAME ON THE FAR BANK SWIM OFF THE REEDS THEN I FED 2 BALLS OF THE SAME CRUMB AND A FEW BITS OF CORN ON THE 6 METER LINE STARTED OFF BAY FISHING ON THE FAR BANK ON A DOUBLE MAGGOT FISHED IT FOR ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES AND DIDN'T HAVE A BITE I THEN FISHED THEN FISHED ON THE DOUBLE MAGGOT ON THE INSIDE SWIM TIGHT TO THE WEED BED I HAD A FEW DIPS ON THE FLOAT A ONE PROPER BITE IN WHICH I MISSED I THE CUPED OUT SOME MORE BAIT ON THE FAR BANK AND THE INSIDE AGAIN AND WENT AND FISHED THE MIDDLE SWIM ON DOUBLE MAGGOT ON RED AND WHITE I SAW A FEW FISH BLOWING AROUND ON MY MIDDLE SWIM.WITHIN ABOUT 10 MINS I WAS INTO A FISH IT WAS A BREAM OF AROUND THE 3LB MARK I CARRIED ON AND HAD 3 MORE BREAM WITHIN ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES 2 OF THEM WAS AROUND THE 3LB MARK AND THE OTHER WAS A BETTER FISH OF ABOUT THE 5LB MARK OR MAYBE EVEN A BIT MORE THE OTHER 3 WAS ON THE BREAD FLAKE WHICH I THING IS THE BEST WAS AND ALSO A GREAT WAY OF FISHING ON THIS CANAL AND MOST OTHER WATERS I WENT BACK OUT ON THE MIDDLE SWIM ON THE FLAKE AND BUMPED ANOTHER GOOD FISH IT WAS MOST LIKELY A BREAM I THEN HOOKED INTO A BREAM AGAIN ON THE FLAKE WHICH I PULLED OUT OF IN MY SWIM AFTER LOSING THIS FISH IT WENT VERY QUITE I ONLY CAUGHT A FEW MORE ROACH AND A RUDD I CHOPPED AND CHANGED FROM THE MIDDLE SWIM AND THE FAR BANK BUT AT AROUND 11 AM I DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY AS IT WAS SLOWING DOWN AND IT WAS VERY BUSY I ENDED UP WITH 4 GOOD BREAM AND A FEW ROACH AND RUDD IT WAS A GOOD SESSION I PACKED UP AND HEADED HOME.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ON THIS OR ANY OF MY BLOGS WITH COMMENT GOOD OR BAD UNTIL THE NEXT BLOG.
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