Life at the Bottom
By Paul Law (Justin Case)
So the time has finally come all my kit is in place the bits that are missing can wait for now, and are not that important,
Its been nearly 9 years since I last fished any UK water other than grabbing a rod from a freind whilst watching him pleasure fishing,
Im kinda nervous right now things have changed, its a whole new chapter and a whole new learning curve for me, many questions had to be asked and lots were answered, would it be shot or styles then Im told about stotz, why do people usie catapult elastic in their poles, and hair rigs in matches, "no way your kidding me", what happened to Fly floats, where did future and Image go, whats a power top, and how do I get these pro wheels on my Milo Box?.
so much has changed in 9 years its unreal, you realy need to be out of the game that long to aprechiate the differences,
All my tackle is brand new with the exception of some old pole floats I managed to salvage from my old rig making box, Im going to look like a mobile tackle shop.
wheels fit on Im going to drag the box around the lake if I have to.
To kick off I'am going to base my fishing around a half a dozen Venues, try to master this new style of fishing with supermarket baits.
The First Venue I have chosen is Lake John http://www.lakejohnfishery.co.uk/ not a large complex maybe 60 pegs spread across two lakes but tidy, nice surroundings and very local Its stuffed to the brim with silvers and its bites im going to be looking for to get back into the swing of things,
The second is Colemans Fishery Essex
4 very interesting looking lakes all with individual features.
TBC.....
By Paul Law (Justin Case)
So the time has finally come all my kit is in place the bits that are missing can wait for now, and are not that important,
Its been nearly 9 years since I last fished any UK water other than grabbing a rod from a freind whilst watching him pleasure fishing,
Im kinda nervous right now things have changed, its a whole new chapter and a whole new learning curve for me, many questions had to be asked and lots were answered, would it be shot or styles then Im told about stotz, why do people usie catapult elastic in their poles, and hair rigs in matches, "no way your kidding me", what happened to Fly floats, where did future and Image go, whats a power top, and how do I get these pro wheels on my Milo Box?.
so much has changed in 9 years its unreal, you realy need to be out of the game that long to aprechiate the differences,
All my tackle is brand new with the exception of some old pole floats I managed to salvage from my old rig making box, Im going to look like a mobile tackle shop.
wheels fit on Im going to drag the box around the lake if I have to.
To kick off I'am going to base my fishing around a half a dozen Venues, try to master this new style of fishing with supermarket baits.
The First Venue I have chosen is Lake John http://www.lakejohnfishery.co.uk/ not a large complex maybe 60 pegs spread across two lakes but tidy, nice surroundings and very local Its stuffed to the brim with silvers and its bites im going to be looking for to get back into the swing of things,
The second is Colemans Fishery Essex
4 very interesting looking lakes all with individual features.
TBC.....
Colemans Cottage 31st Jan
Posted 13th February 2009 at 08:41 AM by justin case
Updated 28th December 2009 at 10:31 AM by justin case
Updated 28th December 2009 at 10:31 AM by justin case
Having framed in the last four matches here I was quietly confident of doing well from anywhere on Wood lake, the fact its fishing quite hard kind of suits me right now as its a great leveller, and if your prepared to work at it, it can be rewarding.
I say anywhere but there is always a little doubt when you draw a peg that hasnt framed for ages as I did today,
The was a good turn out today and I drew peg 12, not a known peg really 10,12,and 14 seem to be the area the Barbel congregate in and it seems to be an area where you can struggle with carp which are the predominate species so if the barbel dont feed it could be a bit grim.
I kick off the day as my previous blog entries rig wise the only difference is I set up a rig for 6 metres in the deep water, where the barbel tend to come from and put in half a 250mm pot of micros with a few maggots, on the 6 metre line Im kind of lookinmg at this as a throwaway swim, I dont expect to catch there but you never know.
Iam in good company having one of the local expert Jeff Church next to me on peg 14 and watch him closely.
I start in my usual manner very carefull accurate feeding but nothing is really happening I even have a chuck about on the bomb to try and locate a few fish with no indications.
we are about 90 minutes in when I get my first bite long and its a carp about a pound, one or two others have nicked a coupole of pasties and Jeff next door has has a couple and what looked like a good skimmer, a couple of minutes goes by and I get a skimmer, the skimmers here are quite a good size from 12oz to about a pound and a half and are worth targetting when the carp fail to respond, I alter a few things about put on a smaller bait and try to pick off a few more, another hour has gone we are over half way and Jeff has started to move well ahead of me knicking skimmers and the odd chub, the flyer opposite to my left has Dave Lewis on it he is struggling, and I have added no more.
So I decide to give the 6 metre line a go, this rig is a 4x14 KC Chimp its shotted as a bulk with stotz about 18 inches off the hook with 3 no 11 stotz as droppers and a size 20 gamma pellet.
I put a single red maggot on and drop it over my pellets
after about 10 minutes a get a little sideways dig, the wind picked up for a few seconds and dragged the float to the side and as this happened it dipped, it was like something had hold of the bait and the wind forced the float, I lifted and was greated with a skimmer about a pound that went beserk on black hydro, I used black as I was expecting barbel if anything at all.
in we go again and I get another, this was followed by 3 more then it dried up, once againI have that dilema, "DO I FEED AGAIN " wel I decided to give them a very small amount of micros with half a dozen maggots and back they came I carried on to nick a few more and ended up with around 13 or 14, amazingly not a single bumped fish on black hydro and to be fair I would have expected a few losses with skimmers, to go lighter would have been suicide going on recent catches on this lake.
the wistle finally goes I have worked this peg hard today and Im pleased with my 18 or so pound, I thought maybe a section win and no more I cant see pegs 1 to 10 or 35 to 40 and if our end hasnt fished well you can bet your life the other end has.
Along came the scales I asked what was winning and the reply was 19lb 12 I put my fish on the scales and weigh 20lb 6oz
Im in the lead all I need to worry about is the last few poegs 35 to 40 as I cant see them, I know I have beat all them around me.
it turns out no one came close 13lb being the next best.
another win for the year and another nice envelope.
Colemans has been good to me over the winter months, Im finding that carefull accurate feeding is the key, and dont give up on any of the lines, 10 years ago before my break I would have overfed that peg in the first 20 minutes, comming back into fishing after such a long time has been a godsend I have started with a clean slate fishing new methods I havnt seen before and had to start from scratch.
roll on next saturday
JC
I say anywhere but there is always a little doubt when you draw a peg that hasnt framed for ages as I did today,
The was a good turn out today and I drew peg 12, not a known peg really 10,12,and 14 seem to be the area the Barbel congregate in and it seems to be an area where you can struggle with carp which are the predominate species so if the barbel dont feed it could be a bit grim.
I kick off the day as my previous blog entries rig wise the only difference is I set up a rig for 6 metres in the deep water, where the barbel tend to come from and put in half a 250mm pot of micros with a few maggots, on the 6 metre line Im kind of lookinmg at this as a throwaway swim, I dont expect to catch there but you never know.
Iam in good company having one of the local expert Jeff Church next to me on peg 14 and watch him closely.
I start in my usual manner very carefull accurate feeding but nothing is really happening I even have a chuck about on the bomb to try and locate a few fish with no indications.
we are about 90 minutes in when I get my first bite long and its a carp about a pound, one or two others have nicked a coupole of pasties and Jeff next door has has a couple and what looked like a good skimmer, a couple of minutes goes by and I get a skimmer, the skimmers here are quite a good size from 12oz to about a pound and a half and are worth targetting when the carp fail to respond, I alter a few things about put on a smaller bait and try to pick off a few more, another hour has gone we are over half way and Jeff has started to move well ahead of me knicking skimmers and the odd chub, the flyer opposite to my left has Dave Lewis on it he is struggling, and I have added no more.
So I decide to give the 6 metre line a go, this rig is a 4x14 KC Chimp its shotted as a bulk with stotz about 18 inches off the hook with 3 no 11 stotz as droppers and a size 20 gamma pellet.
I put a single red maggot on and drop it over my pellets
after about 10 minutes a get a little sideways dig, the wind picked up for a few seconds and dragged the float to the side and as this happened it dipped, it was like something had hold of the bait and the wind forced the float, I lifted and was greated with a skimmer about a pound that went beserk on black hydro, I used black as I was expecting barbel if anything at all.
in we go again and I get another, this was followed by 3 more then it dried up, once againI have that dilema, "DO I FEED AGAIN " wel I decided to give them a very small amount of micros with half a dozen maggots and back they came I carried on to nick a few more and ended up with around 13 or 14, amazingly not a single bumped fish on black hydro and to be fair I would have expected a few losses with skimmers, to go lighter would have been suicide going on recent catches on this lake.
the wistle finally goes I have worked this peg hard today and Im pleased with my 18 or so pound, I thought maybe a section win and no more I cant see pegs 1 to 10 or 35 to 40 and if our end hasnt fished well you can bet your life the other end has.
Along came the scales I asked what was winning and the reply was 19lb 12 I put my fish on the scales and weigh 20lb 6oz
Im in the lead all I need to worry about is the last few poegs 35 to 40 as I cant see them, I know I have beat all them around me.it turns out no one came close 13lb being the next best.
another win for the year and another nice envelope.
Colemans has been good to me over the winter months, Im finding that carefull accurate feeding is the key, and dont give up on any of the lines, 10 years ago before my break I would have overfed that peg in the first 20 minutes, comming back into fishing after such a long time has been a godsend I have started with a clean slate fishing new methods I havnt seen before and had to start from scratch.
roll on next saturday
JC
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whats the farthest you go for a mach aney idea on a good float for up in the water and on the deck using pellet also shot patterns
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I travel anywhere if the crack is going to be good
up in the water I use wilkies cookie or the drennan on the deck wilkie pellet or KC carpa force or chimp depending on wind, shotting patterns vary from day to day and rarely end up as I started the match, typically I would kick off with a bulk of stotz about 18inches above the hook 2 or 3 number 11 stotz as droppers and just keep moving them about to entice a bite, dont be afraid to use shot on the hooklength you will see additional bites you might miss with weight further away, I use 150mm hooklengths and regulalry have shot on them. JC |
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