The rig I used was a very simple one, a fox ledger stem to a four foot trace of 20lb savage gear wire
and a large single hook
with a 3oz lead, as the river was at least 4feet up, nothing else would hold.
Mounted on the single was a dead bleak that I had in the freezer for a few weeks, this was thrown out into a area that I thought looked capable of holding a toothy critter or two.
A hour had passed and I was begining to fear the worst, the river was rising, and had risen at least an inch since I had been there, as I had made a little mark on a tree, just for that purpose was it drawing off or rising, as we all know or at least we think, a rising river is next to useless.
After noting the river rising, my confidence had gone a little, but then out of the blue a very strange rattling was going on, and the tip looked as if something had taken the bleak, not leaves knocking or anything, so I knocked open the bail arm, and began to "feel" for what I though would be a zander bite, but nothing, so I reeled in and inspected the bleak, that looked as if it had been eaten by crayfish, but to my knowledge there is none on this stretch of the river severn, well at least I hope there isnt. anyway I mounted another bleak and dropped this back in the same area, and within 20 seconds the line was rattling again, so I decided to strike, and sure enough the rod this time hooped over and I was into a fish, and a few mins later this little beauty was in the boat, not a massive fish but on a day when no one in there right mind would have ventured out, I bit the bullet and decided to brave the elements, this made the whole trip even more rewarding, as I keep telling my mates on their xboxes, "youll not catch owt on the sofa"
for someone who claims not to be a pike or predator angler, you seem to do pretty well to me, I have seen you catch four 20s at chew !!
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:) the welsh wizard