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spring fishing camp, a couple of years back
 
Had a few hours yesterday on the centre pin after the grayling, after sitting out a snowstorm when I arrived. I walked a long way, fished 4 or 5 areas for just one grayling. I can’t decide what to do today but after last night’s frosts can’t see anything playing ball if even the grayling are too cold to feed.

I might Chuck a deadbait somewhere to kill a few hours.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Had a few hours yesterday on the centre pin after the grayling, after sitting out a snowstorm when I arrived. I walked a long way, fished 4 or 5 areas for just one grayling. I can’t decide what to do today but after last night’s frosts can’t see anything playing ball if even the grayling are too cold to feed.

I might Chuck a deadbait somewhere to kill a few hours.
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I used to love long trotting for Grayling when I was younger. Balsa float, a couple of split shot, a bunch of maggots. Wade half way across the river and let the float trot down the channel near the far bank. My eyesight was pretty good then and my memory says I could pick up fish from 50 yards downstream. Im sure in reality it was probably shorter than that but I always overestimate size and distance according to Mrs S ;-)
is that how you still do it or is it more complicated these days?
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I used to love long trotting for Grayling when I was younger. Balsa float, a couple of split shot, a bunch of maggots. Wade half way across the river and let the float trot down the channel near the far bank. My eyesight was pretty good then and my memory says I could pick up fish from 50 yards downstream. Im sure in reality it was probably shorter than that but I always overestimate size and distance according to Mrs S ;-)
is that how you still do it or is it more complicated these days?
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Exactly the same. Waders, centre pin, 4lb line with a Drennan loafer float and red maggots. I fish it so it is dragging the bottom and hold it back to slow it in these conditions. If you haven’t had a bite in a few casts move on.
 
It froze hard last night and barely got above freezing here all day. As above, I didn’t fancy chasing grayling/wading after yesterday’s slog and I decided it was too cold to sit behind a couple of deadbait rods in a cloudy and freezing Pennine reservoir.

I decided to have an experiment: to see if I could catch a perch in an iced up canal. I’ve experimented with the “Ned Rig” before but I’d read a good tutorial this morning and because you are inching the rig along the bottom it’s supposed to be a good method when the perch are lethargic. This would be the ultimate test.

The first marina I went to was frozen solid. There were a couple of clear patches up the canal so I had half an hour there but I was only really refining my technique as the water was the colour of hot chocolate. I drove to another marina where the river comes in and it was mainly clear of ice because of the moving water. Inching my rubber worm along the bottom and I had a couple of taps. I was totally amazed. Half a dozen casts in (each one takes several minutes if you do it right) and BANG I hooked a good perch. It was fat as a pig as they always get at this time of year getting ready for spawning. It was well over a pound, and was a hugely rewarding fish given the experimental nature of this session.

I fished another 2-3 locations for nothing but am now in the bath delighted with this fish:
 

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Didsbury Dave said:
It froze hard last night and barely got above freezing here all day. As above, I didn’t fancy chasing grayling/wading after yesterday’s slog and I decided it was too cold to sit behind a couple of deadbait rods in a cloudy and freezing Pennine reservoir.

I decided to have an experiment: to see if I could catch a perch in an iced up canal. I’ve experimented with the “Ned Rig” before but I’d read a good tutorial this morning and because you are inching the rig along the bottom it’s supposed to be a good method when the perch are lethargic. This would be the ultimate test.

The first marina I went to was frozen solid. There were a couple of clear patches up the canal so I had half an hour there but I was only really refining my technique as the water was the colour of hot chocolate. I drove to another marina where the river comes in and it was mainly clear of ice because of the moving water. Inching my rubber worm along the bottom and I had a couple of taps. I was totally amazed. Half a dozen casts in (each one takes several minutes if you do it right) and BANG I hooked a good perch. It was fat as a pig as they always get at this time of year getting ready for spawning. It was well over a pound, and was a hugely rewarding fish given the experimental nature of this session.

I fished another 2-3 locations for nothing but am now in the bath delighted with this fish:
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Nice fish, a lot of effort so all the more satisfying...
Rather have a decent perch, Rudd or roach than big carp any day
 
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