I have been given some excellent guidance from my angling mentor that has really helped me. Basically he has had to start from scratch with me and has taught many different angling skills from how to plumb the depth to tying knots. When we were at Janson's he showed the correct way to connect a pre-tied 'hook to nylon' to a main line. I was going to write the method down but to go one better he said he'd do a short video on the subject as it was something that he said he couldn't find covered on the internet. Concise and very useful. Enjoy.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Saturday, 4 June 2011
A difficult day at Janson's
12 hooked, 5 landed.
A day off and the opportunity to sink a line at Janson's Fishery in the Vale of Belvoir.
The weather was good but the breeze that troubled our waggler fishing at Kodak was a feature again. Janson's is a small commercial on the A52 towards Grantham and has 3 ponds, one reserved for matches only. The match ponds are unusual to say the least, effectively quite narrow circular channels that definitely favour the pole angler. As my angling mentor pointed out it would be difficult to cast on a rod.
We picked our pegs on the west side of "Tomo's pool" which was already quite busy. Again this is a relatively small water with a small island in the middle, pole angles were fishing in the margins of the island so you can get an idea of the size of the place.
There was a huge amount of activity on the surface at all the margins, the owner telling us that the fish had just started spawning that morning. This in all likelihood contributed to what turned out to be a lean day, for other anglers too and not only us.
Employing the same setup as at Kodak, waggler and maggot, there were plenty of takes but many missed opportunities. This is only the second time I have used a float in over 10 years and so getting used to the strike was something I still need to work on. Many times I struck only find the float and hook length flying through the air! Similarly when I did get a fish on I lost more than I landed. Personally I think this was down to my eagerness to engage the bait runner for fear of snapping. There are reportedly Carp to 28lb and I was fishing light with 4lb line and 2.5lb size 14 hook to nylon so I mistakenly clicked the baitrunner allowing the fish to run. Ultimately the loose line and barbless hooks meant I lost 7 out of the 12 I hooked. It is all good experience though and every angler loses fish from time to time.
The wind made matters difficult and it became more like trotting as the float was blown form right to left across my swim. Tomo's pool is fairly uniform in depth, my swim was no more than 2 feet deep and this is the same even close in. So I opted to fish the margins where the float was a little more protected from the wind and got all of my takes in this region. Final count for the day was 3 small Chub, 1 small Barbel (not usually what you'd expect to find in a lake) and a Mirror Carp of about 4lb.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable day and Janson's is a nice venue that reportedly produces big match weights. Definitely somwhere I will return to to get more attuned to waggler fishing
A day off and the opportunity to sink a line at Janson's Fishery in the Vale of Belvoir.
The weather was good but the breeze that troubled our waggler fishing at Kodak was a feature again. Janson's is a small commercial on the A52 towards Grantham and has 3 ponds, one reserved for matches only. The match ponds are unusual to say the least, effectively quite narrow circular channels that definitely favour the pole angler. As my angling mentor pointed out it would be difficult to cast on a rod.
We picked our pegs on the west side of "Tomo's pool" which was already quite busy. Again this is a relatively small water with a small island in the middle, pole angles were fishing in the margins of the island so you can get an idea of the size of the place.
There was a huge amount of activity on the surface at all the margins, the owner telling us that the fish had just started spawning that morning. This in all likelihood contributed to what turned out to be a lean day, for other anglers too and not only us.
Employing the same setup as at Kodak, waggler and maggot, there were plenty of takes but many missed opportunities. This is only the second time I have used a float in over 10 years and so getting used to the strike was something I still need to work on. Many times I struck only find the float and hook length flying through the air! Similarly when I did get a fish on I lost more than I landed. Personally I think this was down to my eagerness to engage the bait runner for fear of snapping. There are reportedly Carp to 28lb and I was fishing light with 4lb line and 2.5lb size 14 hook to nylon so I mistakenly clicked the baitrunner allowing the fish to run. Ultimately the loose line and barbless hooks meant I lost 7 out of the 12 I hooked. It is all good experience though and every angler loses fish from time to time.
The wind made matters difficult and it became more like trotting as the float was blown form right to left across my swim. Tomo's pool is fairly uniform in depth, my swim was no more than 2 feet deep and this is the same even close in. So I opted to fish the margins where the float was a little more protected from the wind and got all of my takes in this region. Final count for the day was 3 small Chub, 1 small Barbel (not usually what you'd expect to find in a lake) and a Mirror Carp of about 4lb.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable day and Janson's is a nice venue that reportedly produces big match weights. Definitely somwhere I will return to to get more attuned to waggler fishing
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