After my trip to the Dorset Stour on the Thursday I opted to head home for a good nights sleep and woke up on the Friday morning fresh and raring to go for river number 28 had been completed, could I do the unthinkable and finally make a trip to the Kentish Stour and catch a Barbel?
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| Gnarly and foreboding, like my chances of a KS Barbel. |
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| Liquid shit looks good on those branches. |
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| Looks nice, without the liquid shit on the surface. |
Well, I didn't and not through the want of trying. I fed little bits to try and get fish to come up into my area but that didn't work, I sat in spots for 2-3hrs at a time to allow fish to find me but that didn't work, 4 swims and 10 hrs later I gave up, the river started to rise fairly quickly owing to a deluge of rain in the morning.
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| Bored.com |
Cold water coming in after a mild spell and an increase of debris coming through is never a good time to target Barbel so I packed up and buggered off. As I got my gear to the top of the bank I knocked my bucket over and rolled down the hill where the lid flew off halfway down the hill....bait went everywhere...just great....no Barbel and lost around half a kilo of pellet and handful of boillees...I was done, the rats could have it.
Anyway, I had a great result on Thursday, the KS sucks!!!!! 17 trips now on this river...hmmmmm.
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| No, that's not a KS Barbel, but one day, I might get one. |
Keep trying (from June 16th). Your persistance and dedication are commendable.
ReplyDeleteCheers Adam, I most certainly will mate. Are you planning on heading down to the big smoke / immigration holding area?
DeleteYes, I will be down. Stopping in Midlands to try for a zander again. Will get one eventually! Then down to small river for barbel. I have a target of a new river barbel too, that could be on my way south too. Will get planning!
DeleteWicked, well I hope you do manage that midlands Z! When you are down give us a shout and I will also be up in Yorkshire next season again, can only hope it was better than my trip up to Sheffield recently.
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