Slinky Kate 16th April 2011

[Norman]

Cracking! Were you's just hopping/bouncing the shads on a shortish trace Norman or retreiving them?


Graham.

Hi Graham, bits of both really, personally my way is (on a shortish trace about 4ft long) to trot the bottom lifting to full rod stretch for three or four trots then wind up about 10ft slowly, drop again slowly and repeat ...... just enough movement to ensure the shad swims.
If you test it on the surface you can see that it takes only very slow movement to cause the tail to "swim" so dont need to work it too fast.

In a blind moment of madness whilst retrieving for a "lets go round again" move I almost called "look there's a fish following my line to the surface" until I realised it was the shad heading up behind the weight
Now there's realistic

norm

[big ling]

Smashing report and pictures well done,looked like a cracking day.

[The Great Wallsendo]

Arthur speed jigs were discussed yesterday but I think they're going to be utilised when the water is a bit clearer and the bait fish are about in numbers...I think that's when they'll (hopefully) come into their own

[fisherman58]

Great report,and the pics are brilliant well done on the catch

[stevew]

great report as usual and signs are looking good for the start of the season. loving the pics as well