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November 2006 newsletterWell, October is just behind us and whilst we didn’t have a traditional two-day get-together we’ve still seen a good number of one-off days featuring appearances by several of the guys. The rudd fishing is beginning to tail off now but it’s been grand these last few weeks, with plenty of fish showing, one or two of which have nudged the three pound mark. There have been some stunning days on the river with roach, dace, chub and perch all showing strongly. The barbel have proved elusive but we’ve seen several very big fish, way over mid-doubles. You have to pinch yourself when you’re talking about weights like this. As the waters cool, though, we’re expecting the roach and dace to take over and our bet is that there’s going to be a large two-pound roach taken before long. It’s got to happen…
October, also, saw several exploratory trips out on the marshes in search of mullet. There were mullet everywhere on certain tides and, now some good fishing grounds have been located, the challenge is to work on the methods. A couple of fish hooked and lost isn’t conclusive proof of anything apart form the fact that they’re there. And they’re big. In the sparklingly clear water, you can often see fish well in excess of seven and eight pounds and that’s a big mullet. But, most excitingly of all for this newsletter, is the up-coming trip to Slovenia in just a couple of weeks. Target? Huchen…the dramatic Danubian salmon, an almost exact copy of the Mongolian taimen. The difference is some sixty-five hours in travelling time to the locations! And that’s each way! Another Casting for Gold first all right but we’re well aware that we’re not there yet. This is very much a pioneering trip and absolutely anything could happen or might not…at the very worst, we’re expecting grayling to save the day. These Slovenian rivers are exquisite to look at and to fish and they hold some monstrous grayling to well over three pounds. But fret not, much more will be revealed next month. As an aside, John is fishing the Hampshire Avon early in November with Hardy Managing Director, Richard Sanderson. The idea is to test out some new Hardy prototypes for a classic coarse fishing range due out sometime in 2007. This promises to be a very exciting development indeed for those of us that enjoy fine tackle and we’ll await John’s report with interest. ::: See also Review of 2006 >> |
