Bluemoon Angling Thread

[BlueMoonRisin’]

In my experience all fish (except perch and pike) like bread and barbel are no exception. It’s not that unusual to hook one in the winter on a chub rod.

What I don’t know is why they were taking bread but not corn or meat!

You saved me typing similar mate. I think barbel will take bread on occasion whilst fishing for chub. I can't recall ever catching a barbel(on bread) whilst fishing for chub though as chub are greedy, especially when intercepting food before it hits bottom as barbel are mostly bottom dwellers.

I've previously caught perch(very rarely albeit) on flake and bread punch but only on cold winter days. I suppose when fish are hungry they'll eat baits they aren't renowned for eating.

As for bread it's a much underused and largely ignored bait especially with most anglers choosing high protein pellets and boilies. I've had some really good catches of chub roach and bream on bread, crucians and tench also. For the price of a couple or thrice of family loaves one can have a fantastic days sport if they use their loaf! ; )

Liquidised bread and flake stickfloat trotting a river or cage feeder can often get chub and roach in a feeding frenzy especially when used with hemp.

Well done yesterday evening DD, excellent session by the sounds of it trotting in chest waders, nice one. A tad unlucky on the barbel though.

River fishing is as purist as it gets IMO, especially trotting a stickfloat. So many anglers are fixated on excavated commercial waters pointing poles at donut shaped far shelved ledges hoping to fill keepnets full of F1s. Those anglers are missing something magical in not tackling wild flowing rivers for unknown species.

 

[SouthStandStander]

Just bit the bullet and upgraded my bivvy. Not been fishing for a few years. Did 48 hours last weekend, took my 11 year old son on his first fishing trip. I have had back surgery since i last fished. My back cannot handle the constant bent over position when in the bivvy anymore.
So I have just bought a Fox retreat+ 2 man bivvy. Can't wait till it comes.
Its 185cm high. So I will be doing star jumps in it!

Anyone got one or something similar?.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Just bit the bullet and upgraded my bivvy. Not been fishing for a few years. Did 48 hours last weekend, took my 11 year old son on his first fishing trip. I have had back surgery since i last fished. My back cannot handle the constant bent over position when in the bivvy anymore.
So I have just bought a Fox retreat+ 2 man bivvy. Can't wait till it comes.
Its 185cm high. So I will be doing star jumps in it!

Anyone got one or something similar?.

Nice one fella, welcome back to fishing. Keep us updated. @Didsbury Dave is your man on bivvy advice pal.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Just bit the bullet and upgraded my bivvy. Not been fishing for a few years. Did 48 hours last weekend, took my 11 year old son on his first fishing trip. I have had back surgery since i last fished. My back cannot handle the constant bent over position when in the bivvy anymore.
So I have just bought a Fox retreat+ 2 man bivvy. Can't wait till it comes.
Its 185cm high. So I will be doing star jumps in it!

Anyone got one or something similar?.

Hi mate. I don’t know that bivvy. 2 man bivvies are massive and won’t fit on a lot of swims so I hope you’ve considered that. What I do know is that I can’t sit for long sideways on a bedchair In a bivvy was it hour getting backache. I once bought one of those bivvy chair things that you rest on the central section of your bed chair but found it useless.

I either sit on a chair outside the bivvy or lie on the bed chair.

 

[SouthStandStander]

Hi mate. I don’t know that bivvy. 2 man bivvies are massive and won’t fit on a lot of swims so I hope you’ve considered that. What I do know is that I can’t sit for long sideways on a bedchair In a bivvy was it hour getting backache. I once bought one of those bivvy chair things that you rest on the central section of your bed chair but found it useless.

I either sit on a chair outside the bivvy or lie on the bed chair.

My previous bivvy was a 2 man, although a cheap one. It was a tfg force 8. Did me well for about 5 years. Back problem has made me change.
I used to sit on my bed chair folded into the "chair" position. Wasn't a problem in the past, pre back op. Thats another thing I had to invest in. Bought a trakker longback recliner a few weeks back. Expensive but it is supportive of lower back. I had no choice really. Angling direct hardly had any chairs left. That was one of them.

My sons first trip fishing with me went really well. Set him up with his own rod and alarm nect to my 2,. He caught 5 carp between 8 and 15lb. Be first of many trips for him as he loved it.

 

[idahoblues]

Just got home from the river, floated a couple of miles, beautiful day. Lost count of how many I caught but up until the end they were all pretty small. Caught a beautiful Cutthroat at the end...all on spinners as I was in my kayak

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

My previous bivvy was a 2 man, although a cheap one. It was a tfg force 8. Did me well for about 5 years. Back problem has made me change.
I used to sit on my bed chair folded into the "chair" position. Wasn't a problem in the past, pre back op. Thats another thing I had to invest in. Bought a trakker longback recliner a few weeks back. Expensive but it is supportive of lower back. I had no choice really. Angling direct hardly had any chairs left. That was one of them.

My sons first trip fishing with me went really well. Set him up with his own rod and alarm nect to my 2,. He caught 5 carp between 8 and 15lb. Be first of many trips for him as he loved it.

A mate has a trakker brolly and says it's excellent for the price. You can buy add ons too. May get one myself as I have a large Trakker carryall, 2 rod sling and tackle bag. Practical well made gear for the money.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

A mate has a trakker brolly and says it's excellent for the price. You can buy add ons too. May get one myself as I have a large Trakker carryall, 2 rod sling and tackle bag. Practical well made gear for the money.

Mines a Trakker Armadillo Mark 2 bivvy . Still rock solid after about 10 years. It’s been brilliant. Prior to that I had a Fox Evolution Brolly with overwrap that I liked because you could pop it up as a day shelter. The Amadillo is definitely a proper bivvy.

I went out on the Ribble again this afternoon, long trotting for chub with Breadflake. I messed up because there had been a rise overnight and there was colour in the water so barbel would have been on the cards but I wasn’t geared up.

I did half an hour in about 6 swims and managed one chunky chub of around 3lb. Had half an hour after dace with some spare casters but couldn’t find them.

 

[idahoblues]

just to piss Snorky off when he's sees that lure

 

[idahoblues]