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Today was the first time in about 5 years that I have fished
Loco. Most the matches I fish at Lindholme are on Bonsai, Oasis, Willows and
Laurels, but as with every match I fish here, a good days fishing is
guaranteed. With this in mind, and no idea of the best pegs; I was not bothered
one bit of where I drew.
Out of the bag came peg 16 and after a quick chat with
Nick Speed who told me I had an underwater island in front of me; which was good
for the method/pellet feeder I made my way to my peg.
On arriving at my peg I spent 5 minutes weighing up the peg,
the island Nick mentioned was going to be a long chuck, round about 60/70
yards. Secondly I noticed I had nothing in the way of margins to fish as the
reeds and trees went out for 5 /6 meters each side, creating a v into the peg.
The Plan
After a bit of consideration I came up with a plan. I set up
a pellet feeder for the island swim, the reason for choosing a pellet feeder
over the method was accuracy. As the pellet feeder is more compact, it flies
directly and is less affected by wind, which is great for accurate long
distance fishing.
The second rig I set up was the pellet waggler, perfect for
the open water I had in front of me. The third rig was a shallow rig for the pole; my plan was to
fish this at 13 meters.
Bait
This was going to be as simple as it gets, 4mm fishery
pellets for the pole, 6mm fishery pellets for the waggler and Fishery micros
for the pellet feeder. Simplez!
The Rigs
The Feeder Rig
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Rod - 12
foot feeder
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Reel - Browning Backfire
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Mainline - 0.20 Browning Cenex Feeder line
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Pellet feeder - 25 gram
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Hooklength - 0.16 Browning Hybrid power
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Hook size - 16 Kamasan B911 eyed tied with a knotless knot with a band on a hair rig
The Pellet Waggler Rig
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Rod - 11" Browning Commercial King Medium Pellet
waggler
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Reel - Browning Xitan HM
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Main line - 0.18 Browning Cenex sinking match line
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Hook length - 0.14 Browning Hybrid power
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Hook size - 16 Kamasan B911 tied with a knotless
knot with a hair rigged micro band
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Float - Drennan crystal pellet waggler 3 gram
attached via a waggler adapter
Pole Rig
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Pole - Browning Z12
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Elastic - yellow Browning Cenex reflex
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Main line - 0.14 Browning Hybrid power
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Hook length - 0.12 Browning Hybrid power
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Hook size - 18 Kamasan B911 tied with a knotless
knot with a hair rigged micro band
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Float - Shep special 4x12 Chianti style @ www.carlshepherdsonstittletackle.com
The Session
I started the session by launching the pellet feeder to the
island; I also started feeding the 2 other lines via catapult with an aim to
get the fish on these lines feeding confidently before going on them. After a
couple of bite-less chucks to the island, I decided to give the pole line a
try, after seeing a few movements after feeding. This move proved crucial as
after an hour on this line I must have had 40 lb of prime F1s. I could not get
the bait in fast enough!
After around an hour and a half the sun appeared from
behind the clouds and the fish seemed to disappear. I continued to fish the
pole for another 30 mins, but it was slow going, I was picking up just odd
fish. A change to the pellet waggler produced a couple of quick fish before
this line became iffy. I continued to feed both lines, and alternate between
them, this way I could keep the fish coming at a steady rate.
With an hour to go the sun disappeared behind
the cloud cover; this resulted in a better run of fish. After losing my pellet
waggler rig in the reeds, courtesy of a decent Carp I spent the last 30 mins on
the pole. This did me the world of good as I was catching at the same rate as
the first hour. The all out sounded, and 15 minutes later the scales arrived, a
total of 113lb 4 oz which gave me the match
win by over 50 lb.
Another fantastic days fishing courtesy of Lindholme Lakes!
