Gareth Boycott
Active Member
I fished a stretch of the Hants Avon last night, arriving at the river at around 4.30pm. Settled into a swim and put a little bit of bait down through small PVA mesh bags. I was planning on staying til around 9.30pm.
At about 7.45pm there was a big swirl over the spot followed by an otter staring up at me. In the next 10 minutes two others appeared at the same time mid river straight in front of me. I gave it until 8.30pm before packing up as I found it tough to maintain optimism following the otter activity in my peg. In a situation such as this, what would you do:
1 - Stay where you are
2 - Move to a different swim (bearing in mind it was dark and I didn't have long left)
3 - Pack up there and then
I had contemplated moving swims but as I am fairly new to the stretch finding a new swim in the dark would have been tricky to say the least. Has anyone ever stayed put in the same swim and caught fish following such activity?
I would be interested to hear people's thought/experiences.
Cheers,
Gareth
At about 7.45pm there was a big swirl over the spot followed by an otter staring up at me. In the next 10 minutes two others appeared at the same time mid river straight in front of me. I gave it until 8.30pm before packing up as I found it tough to maintain optimism following the otter activity in my peg. In a situation such as this, what would you do:
1 - Stay where you are
2 - Move to a different swim (bearing in mind it was dark and I didn't have long left)
3 - Pack up there and then
I had contemplated moving swims but as I am fairly new to the stretch finding a new swim in the dark would have been tricky to say the least. Has anyone ever stayed put in the same swim and caught fish following such activity?
I would be interested to hear people's thought/experiences.
Cheers,
Gareth