dytkos 17,791 Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Come on ya muppet!! lol I was gonna say pull your finger out but left it to someone more qualified lol Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 The Pump house peg. Possibly the most well known swim on the BMAA stretch of the Dove. Home to the bigger Barbel in the river. I think the river record came from here earlier this year. 17lbs odd. GB feeder straight out in front. Some sort of Boilie down stream to my left. 1 Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,143 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 image.jpg The Pump house peg. Possibly the most well known swim on the BMAA stretch of the Dove. Home to the bigger Barbel in the river. I think the river record came from here earlier this year. 17lbs odd. GB feeder straight out in front. Some sort of Boilie down stream to my left. Boilie! you've changed!! lol Good luck mate, can't knock your effort 1 Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 The Witching hour approachs. Or, the Coffees all gone and I'm off............... Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Done................ Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,143 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Done.. as in caught a fish?? Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Don't be silly. Done as in gone home. Done as in pis#ed off. Done as in can't catch. That sort of done. No fish...........Again. 1 Quote Link to post
delboy_187 902 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Happy days best luck Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,143 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Don't be silly. Done as in gone home. Done as in pis#ed off. Done as in can't catch. That sort of done. No fish...........Again. You calmed down yet?? Lol Quote Link to post
kanigra 110 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 that's a nice rod what make is it Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 They're Greys Prodigy Barbel rods. 2lbs test curve, a bit OTT for the size of the river, but the Barbel run to 18lbs (Not that i'd ever know) and some of the swims are very weedy and a bit tight, so you need to pull back a bit when you get one. (So i've been told) 1 Quote Link to post
neil r 1,858 Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Don't be silly. Done as in gone home. Done as in pis#ed off. Done as in can't catch. That sort of done. No fish...........Again. Have you tried fishing at the back end of fast water where it starts to drop off in to deeper water . Ive always done better in well oxygenated faster water in summer rather than the slower moving deeper pegs . Dont know if you have any pegs like that on your stretch but if you have its well worth fishing them and ingnoring where most of the other anglers fish 1 Quote Link to post
kanigra 110 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 LOL just a bit OTT how much were they? Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 LOL just a bit OTT how much were they? £130 for the pair off the Bay. The 2lbs TC is a seprate top. I use the quiver top with the 6oz tip in it. They come with two tops and 3-4-6oz tips. Pretty forgiving TBH. I also fish the Trent, so sometimes a big chuck with a heavy feeder is needed. Quote Link to post
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted July 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Don't be silly. Done as in gone home. Done as in pis#ed off. Done as in can't catch. That sort of done. No fish...........Again. Have you tried fishing at the back end of fast water where it starts to drop off in to deeper water . Ive always done better in well oxygenated faster water in summer rather than the slower moving deeper pegs . Dont know if you have any pegs like that on your stretch but if you have its well worth fishing them and ingnoring where most of the other anglers fish The Dove is a funny river. Most of the big Barbel are in one stretch, most of the fishing gets done in this stretch. There are some faster swims with streamer weed in them. They don't seem to be fished very often. One or two drop offs, but not many. Most of the swims that are fished regularly are in the deeper water. It does go through though. 2-3oz leads and feeders required. Very rarely do you see Barbel in the river, only ever seen one. That was on a patch of gravel cleaning it's self. There's 9 1/2 miles to go at, i've walked most of it, and TBH the stretch i'm fishing at the moment looks the most fishy. Unfortunatly, I can't catch. I have fished other stretches of the river, faster stretches, still didn't catch. I'm off later. I've spoken to 2 of the lads that are catching. Seems i'm putting too much bait in. I spoke to one of them Saturday, he'd only put 5 Boilies in, he'd had 2 fish that night. A 10 and a 13. I caught my usual.................Sweet FA. Quote Link to post
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