neil r
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We definitely get a bit too complacent around water . Ive waded in places I shouldn’t have and fished off steep slippy banks and after you’ve done you think i shouldn’t have done that but then you go and do it again . This place in the pictures is down near whistling sands and it’s a lot steeper and higher than it looks . We climbed down the sharp rock edge of the bit on the right carrying all the gear to fish off the very point because it was the only way down . If we’d have slipped to the left it was straight off and to the right it was down the cliff bouncing off the sharp rocks
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The ribble is a snag pit and the Calder’s not much better in places . I like the Calder and I think it’s better for grayling than the ribble , there’s some good ones in there aswell .
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Normally the ribble has shallow margins but this particular stretch on this side is deep and coupled with the steep sides and mud it’s pretty bad . It was about 10-12ft off the rod top and couple of years ago about 100 yards downstream another member wasn’t so lucky and he went in and drowned .
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It was and I slipped on the mud when stepping over a log , luckily I managed not to break my rods when I landed . It’s the ribble . It was half a metre up and coloured too .
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Struggled with catching lives big enough to use and only had dace . Never had a touch on the ones that were usable but caught one roach and put that in and it went straight away but I pulled out of it . Cast it back out and it went again but managed to pull the barbless hooks on an at least mid double at the net . Went back out with the maggot feeder and the rod ripped round and snapped me off before I could pick the rod up . It was the only maggot feeder I had on me aswell
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He’s still going , I got a collar and lead off him for my terrier in September . I ordered it off his website but he’s got a facebook page aswell
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Been watching YouTube vids of people fishing for silvers and fancied a go at it so got all the hooks , beads , uv resin and uv torch off aliexpress only takes minutes to make a few . From what I’ve seen it needs pretty good conditions to cast such light weights and if it’s windy it’s not happening . I’ve got a new 0.2-1.5gm extra ultralight set up to cast it aswell because my normal 1-5gm bfs setup wouldn’t be up for much below 0.8gm . Gone for the thinnest braid I could find at 0.04 and I’m thinking of trying an ester line on another reel to see how it compares . Not managed to get out yet be
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A lot of the fish you see on the ribble facebook groups are off the free stretch and 1 of the 4’s that was caught while I was fishing was on there . I was at the top of the sandbank on the bend and the bloke was just upstream to my left at the end of the straight . The others were off the stretch above the m6 bridge . I was on the club side but you can get day tickets from the tickled trout garage for the other side and either fish from there or drive a few hundred yards back towards Blackburn and fish gregsons farm
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See them all the time on the Ribble and Calder , usually on their own but sometimes in pairs and even with a couple of young . Even had them swim within touching distance while wading on a few occasions . Also see them on the straight mile section of the Leeds Liverpool canal in Burnley . Not the best quality but this is a screenshot of one I filmed eating a decent size fish in ribchester
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Just been making some tiny jigheads with 0.1 - 0.15 - 0.2 - 0.25 & 0.3 gm tungsten beads on 18-14 hooks to use with little soft plastics like these . I’m going to try on the canal for roach and bream and the rivers for dace , gudgeon and even minnows with them
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It’s brilliant for everything , probably the most underrated river in the country by people outside the area . 2lb + perch are not uncommon with 3’s caught regularly and I know of several 4’s that have been caught on lures and livebaits by nearby anglers while I’ve been fishing and I’ve seen others reported on Facebook groups
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Looks a decent one . I’ve never had one on soft plastics but I catch them on little hardbaits when I’m after trout . The duo ryuki spearhead 50 and jackal tricoroll ryushin 38 seem to catch more chub than the others for me . I do get grayling on little soft plastics though
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This winters been rubbish . I’ve blanked 5 out of 9 times now on lures and livebaits , don’t think I’ve had that many blanks in the last 5 years combined .
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We all blanked aswell and never had a touch . I had one lazy follow but it wasn’t interested in taking though . Saw someone on the opposite side get one on a lively just as we were coming off but didn’t see any other pikers catch
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I’m out with a few mates on Sunday on the river . They are taking ultralight gear hoping for perch but I’m out and out pike fishing so taking a bigger outfit this time
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Some prada aftershave , cash , watch , yeti rambler , a pair of woven indoor gazelles , one of my fishing licenses and a new ridiculously thin xul spinning rod
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The running club in my area . The cnuts run in groups on the pavements in built up areas looking like a mobile Blackpool illuminations with lights on anywhere they can fit one and expecting everyone else to move out of their way into the road so they can pass in a big group .
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How do they hook them , do they wrap a load of them in a mesh bag and hook the bag or do it another way
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Just had the one so far . Had one hit my float 3 times though
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Yes , they aren’t too bad especially for the money . The rods are the new Westin 11ft 3.25 ones aswell .
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It’s a waste . Are they using the roe as bait
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I had an argument with a salmon angler 2 weeks ago who saw me and a mate catch a few pike and said he throw them up the bank if he caught any . It’s not the first time I’ve had run ins with salmon anglers either . That outdated attitude still seems far too common among the game anglers on the ribble
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They are the new Westin drop off alarms , pretty much the same as Billy’s backbiters but only £32 instead of £90 . Just tried a Billy’s arm in the alarm and it fits exactly so spare arms are easy to get if needed
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