Right, which ones of the above have I done in matches the last year…
Fished for bleak? Yes, Thames at Dorchester and elsewhere
Chopped lob on canal- Yes, Slough Arm (for an hour. Didnt work
Waggler on 13m wide canal- Yes, Slough Arm again (unbelievably clear so wag or whip better bet than pole a lot of the time)
Swingtip for bream? Yes, parrot cage peg 9 at Farlows, can’t get a proper angle on quivertip
Match on R Lea ? No, not been there for years- used to fish the odd open at St Margarets
Sticklebacks? No , but did fish for minnows for half the match in a teams of 4 on the Colne a couple of years ago. Had 2-14-8 of them. Should have done it all match as had nothing else but got default section anyway.
Loads of sticklebacks in Redbournbury Fishery near Harpenden. Tried to chopped worm it but soon changed…
West Drayton- last match I heard of there was last winter and a mass blank. The new marina at the junction with the Slough Arm hasn’t done it any favours as think all the fish now go in there for the winter (its pretty much put paid to the shoaling up at Benbow Waye further up the canal as well by all accounts)
Slough Arm.Yes; Still has club matches booked on it virtually every Sunday from October to March on the boats section at Langley, as well as the London WL.Some small midweek knock ups as well- the bit at the Black Bridge behind Little Britain going back towards Lizard is full of skimmers in spring and summer
Content with catching 3 lb ? Yes, as long as its competitive
Stret pegging? Sadly its died out- I drew next to the Professor a couple of years ago on the Colin Ambrose Memorial at Rickmansworth and even he was on the pole.”O tempora, o mores” as he would probably say.
TF_bryanh.
