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Chasing chub....

Steve Jeffery said:
Despite the title of the thread, I know lots of posts on here are more about centre pins and trotting, so please indulge me for a minute as I share a pic of a roach I caught on the 2nd ever time I used a centrepin. Have always fancied trying one but never have until I picked up a cheap Marco Cortesi recently to try the method. The result today was a lovely days trotting culminating in a 2lb 3 oz PB roach.

Ian (Woods) has whetted my appetite to try similar tactics for barbel when it warms up a bit .....thanks Ian!!

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Well done Steve, glad to have given you some insperation, what a great start to your centrepin reel experience!

Surely that wasn't today 😁.
 
I decided to have have my first but short lived trotting session of 2025 this afternoon.
The river was dropping off, but was still over a meter up so not exactly ideal wading conditions, not that I was planning to wade in a river full of snow melt anyhow lol.
I opted to fish off the bank on a free stretch on the lower parts of the river and I was glad I did as the banks down there are ideal to fish from.
Anyhow, I decided to rove about rather than just plonk myself in one spot to stop myself getting bored. It turned out to be a good decision as I had chub in most spots where I stopped and ran the float through.
I had quite a few fish, nothing huge but some nice fish, here's a few pic's of some of them.....








 
It’s been a lot of years waiting for this
Special day for me.
A good 7 on the float and pin.
Made up for what was turning out to be a tough day.
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Ian Woods said:
Well done Richard, crakin' fish, even more so as it was by design ! 🙌

I'd rather have seen it next to the rod and reel than next to your boat race 😉🤣.
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Yeah I thought about it but The rod was right down the bank and I wasn’t faffing about with it
If I’d been on my own, I wouldn’t of faffed trying to do a self take and you’d of probably got a mat shot laying next to a discorger 😂
 
I had some maggs and defrosted corn left that needed using up so I thought i'd pop out for a quick couple of hours chasing chub this afternoon before the strong winds and heavy rain rock up.
There was no rain forecast for today but as I set off the rain started, I should know better than take any notice of the bbc bullshine 🙄.
Anyhow, as I walked up to the river I noticed right away how coloured it was, so very little visibility which doesn't bode well for a trotted bait.
Surprisingly, even with the pretty dire conditions I was lucky and had a few chub, nothing of any size but they all pulled my string so made the effort of going worthwhile.
Today I used a 11ft hardy marksman supero avon rod and it was so much better than the 12ft free spirit specimen float rod I used a few days ago.
A couple of pic's from the afternoon...



 
Ian Woods said:
how coloured it was, so very little visibility which doesn't bode well for a trotted bait.
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I actually find the total opposite down this way regarding coloured water.

I love it when the river has got some colour on as I tend to catch more and definitely bigger chub. I tend to get away with a lot less finesse in the tackle too.

These crafty nene chub have been around the block many times and in clear or semi clear water they can be really rig shy and you have to scale everything down to pull the wool over them.

White maggots in coloured water that’s pushing through usually fools them much easier I’ve found. Some of my best days chubbing especially regarding the bigger stamp of fish have been on a chocolate coloured river.
 
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