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Chasing chub....

I headed to river this avvey in search of rough chops, a giant chub known to lurk in the area 😉. When I arrived at the river at just after 12pm it was 9 degrees, so it wasn't what you would call "propper cold", but it certainely felt "propper cold" to me, and especially so when I waded out!
Anyhow, first trott through and the float buried and I had my target species on the line, when I got hold of it to unhook it, it felt like a block of ice!
Several trots later and I was surprised to hook a barbel as I really wasn't expecting them to be lively enough to take a trotted bait after the frosty nights of late.
After the barbel I continued to catch chub with some very decent ones, then another surprise as I hooked another barbel. Same thing was repeated after that, I was catching chub and then yet another barbel ! By 3pm the cold had worked it's way up from my feet to my thighs and I had had enough, time to go home and warm up!
A couple of pic's from the session...





 
Ian Woods said:
I headed to river this avvey in search of rough chops, a giant chub known to lurk in the area 😉. When I arrived at the river at just after 12pm it was 9 degrees, so it wasn't what you would call "propper cold", but it certainely felt "propper cold" to me, and especially so when I waded out!
Anyhow, first trott through and the float buried and I had my target species on the line, when I got hold of it to unhook it, it felt like a block of ice!
Several trots later and I was surprised to hook a barbel as I really wasn't expecting them to be lively enough to take a trotted bait after the frosty nights of late.
After the barbel I continued to catch chub with some very decent ones, then another surprise as I hooked another barbel. Same thing was repeated after that, I was catching chub and then yet another barbel ! By 3pm the cold had worked it's way up from my feet to my thighs and I had had enough, time to go home and warm up!
A couple of pic's from the session...





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FJT reel 😍
 
Ian Woods said:
Yes Alan, forget the sphere and get your hands on one of those FJT reels, they're great reels 😉.
The one in the pic's is the "trotter" which is the narrower drum model. I actually prefer the "specialist" which is the wider drum model.
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Oh go on then, I’ll have your narrow one 😉
 
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