Right accross the street of my rental property, there is a walking path for evening leisure. Nothing fancy, there are few horses grazing about and river yare flow through the park.
Two days ago, I had a short session after a few minute walking into the bush through the river side up a 90 degrees bend with least weed on the river bed. It look promising. My short 1 1/2 hours fishing producing mostly perch at 1 lb plus scale. The swim look very promising for chub and a guy before me there told me he spotted big chub swimming around.
Weather today is quite chaotic. With a minute sunshine and follows by heavy showers the next. It has been this way since morning.
I just acquire a 13 foot Ron Thompson surf rod, so I had plenty of urge to go for sea fishing. With this weather, plus may mid flood seaweed and new moon, I decided not to take up the chance and waste an hour worth of driving with bait money to spare.
Thus, I decided to retun to the same spot on the river yare with a bit of tactical change. Late evening, after reading the day weather pattern I was sure that I had 1 hour gap before the rain pouring in and before it got dark. With a big slide of bread for yesterday's grocery and quiver tip rod, there I was trying my luck.
Fishing for chub I know that I have to be quite. Chances to get it to feed would much dependant on how you set up for the fishing, especially on the shallor and narrow swim. If you can't get it within a few cast, there would be no point of hanging around as the fish already spooked.
My first cast, with running small ledged before my 1 foot leader on size 12 barbless hook land hit the water without even a 'plop'. I got a bite, maybe it was only small fish about. Second cast, with bigger lump pinch tightly on the leader before the hook, I manage to cast it at the very spot with least water disturbance and noise.
I see the tip responding and after a two jerk it started to give a persistence bend. One gentle return and I hooked the fish. I was quite nerveous when I saw the fish pulling my line as I remember that I only have 4 lb worth of breaking strain leader.
So the chub scaled at 3 lb 14 oz. The biggest one so for silver scale freshwater fish for me. After that, it was only typical silver fish, daze and roach. No pike about, sky darken and colder wind blowing, I packed up and went home annd thank my wife for the bread.
I am hoping that 'summer' will return soon before it would really running out of time.
