Unexpected day fishing owing to the roofer knocking sick with covid. So I went to a local stretch of the Vienne I haven't visited for around 8 or 9 years.
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I had a few knocks on the bigger bait cast into deeper water but nothing on the feeder rod down the marginal shelf. For the last couple of hours I moved about 2km downstream near a hydro dam. Double maggot and maize on the feeder rod sorted this specimen..
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Then I hooked a cart horse. A quick knock followed by a rising bobbin resulted in an unstoppable walking pace 40 metre or more jaunt across the river. I could feel every beat of its tail. No stopping it and no turning it so I put my finger on the spool and the hook pulled free. Probably a catfish
At least I didn't blank.