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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.....








 
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