E-ZINE - Nash Tackle

It was a surprisingly warm
December day, with
Christmas still at the fore
front of everyone’s mind I
managed to slip off for a
few hours to check on a
section of river I had been
baiting and fishing(when
time was available, which
during December is very
rare!) to put a little bit more
bait in on my spots. Upon
arriving and walking down
to the river bank I could
see a carp just off the
back of my baited spot!
This sparked a wave of
excitement and nerves as
I have been chasing a river
carp from this section for a
while! It also proved to me
that my baiting campaign
was working and the fish
were getting their heads
down on the bait. Now
normally I would have only
had my bait with me as its
quite a walk to get to the
section of river I’m fishing,
but as I had recently got
a set of Scopes I decided
to take them with me, as
it always seems to be the
way ‘when you haven’t
got a rod the fish are
everywhere’.
Now the few carp that
are in this bit of river are
notoriously spooky, so I
literally got down on to my
hands and knees and ever
so slowly crept through
the bushes and reeds
and peered over the top
into the water. And there
it was! Only a small carp
but this wasn’t about size
this was about principle. I
have been chasing a carp
from here for a long time
and around 3 weeks ago I
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had lost a fish which, in my
head, I was sure was one
of the elusive carp. As I sat
there watching it slowly
cruising near my pre baited
spot, I took a handful of
boilies and one by one as
gently as possible flicked
them out onto my spot. I
then quickly extended my
scope rod and flicked my
rig into position.
Then as if the subtle
splash on the water was
acting like a dinner bell
the carp came steaming
back into my swim, directly
towards my bait. Being
a crystal clear section
of river I waited breath
held as it stopped over
the top of my bait and
dropped its head and
started feeding. My jaw
hit the floor as I watched
it eat one of my freebies,
then on to the next , then
on to another one. The
next one in line was my
hook bait, could this be
the moment I have been
waiting for? Then just at
that moment the S5 came
to life screaming off with
the rod bending and the
clutch spinning like mad!
After a 10 minute battle a
little stunner slipped into
the bottom of my net! Not
the biggest but the pure
feeling of accomplishment,
from locating, to pre
baiting to having a run to
finally catching one, put
a massive smile on my
face. I left the river shortly
afterwards, sure there may
have been a chance of
another fish, but my battle
for the day was done and I
was the victor!!
NASH E-ZINE
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