Soft Lure Fishing

[Borr 8,976]

Sorting couple of lure boxes and eagerly awaiting some spikey shad 50mm lures in the post , hopefully this rain eases off in the next week or two. Also got my eye on a nice hto rod or two on offer, as I tend to use my dropshot rod for everything or a rod that's too heavy for what I catch , and I mostly fish jigheads now.

[neil r 2,083]

Just had 45 minutes on a little pond with one of my new xul outfits . Had these 5 on a 1.1 inch nano minnow and 0.3gm size 14 homemade jig head . Even though they were only small , biggest being about 8-10oz they all put a good bend in the 0.2-0.8gm rod . If it wasn’t as windy I’d have dropped to a 0.15gm size 18 to try and get some roach 

[neil r 2,083]

Just on a farm pond with the xul gear , it’s tough going but had this decent one on a 1.1inch nano minnow on a size 14 0.4gm jig head 

[neil r 2,083]

Had a quick go with the xul gear on this little pond this afternoon . Ended up with 9 perch and 1 roach in just under an hour on a 0.3gm size 14 jighead and purple 1.1inch nano minnow . Missed a fair few delicate takes because I had no feeling at all in my fingers and couldn’t react quick enough so I came home 

[steve66 4,016]

Good going Neil , cant wait to go out but every where is flooded 

Hopefully it'll dry up soon and levels drop 

[Borr 8,976]

I'm definitely not venturing to the tackle shop tomorrow to look at the hto rods on offer....

[Borr 8,976]

Bugger

 

[steve66 4,016]

I spend more time in tackle shops than i do on the bank  

[Borr 8,976]

27 minutes ago, steve66 said:

I spend more time in tackle shops than i do on the bank  

Hopefully get out after 11am tomorrow, just put some new braid on new rod, gonna persevere with some creature baits..