Re: Oxford canal around Banbury
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:31 pm
Interesting stuff.
I may well give it a go next season.
I may well give it a go next season.
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Indeed, BL's account of a 42lb fish is simply mouthwatering! On the subject of braid and canals, I once went to a slide-show presentation by two guys who were catching good doubles and low twenties from a canal, and they swore by a simple refinement of the close range freelining method I have just outlined. They would lay out a short, direct line, as described, from rod to bait, bait up, then go back with a landing net pole, to stir up the bottom around the line and make sure the line was very lightly covered by silt - a kind of natural pinning down. They swore by this, and their results were good, as I've said. Canal carp can be spooky, -perhaps because they see a lot of fine lines etc. I once waited for fifteen minutes for a run to develop, - with just 1cm lifts on a light bobbin, as the carp tested things out to see if my bait was safe to take, or not. It was a long linear mirror, and it was hooked just a little way inside the mouth - and therefore, a very cautious fish.Snape wrote:Interesting stuff.
I may well give it a go next season.
On the idea of covering the line with silt a fellow TFF'er once told me he fished for line shy carp by casting out then putting compost over his lines!FarliesBirthday wrote:Indeed, BL's account of a 42lb fish is simply mouthwatering! On the subject of braid and canals, I once went to a slide-show presentation by two guys who were catching good doubles and low twenties from a canal, and they swore by a simple refinement of the close range freelining method I have just outlined. They would lay out a short, direct line, as described, from rod to bait, bait up, then go back with a landing net pole, to stir up the bottom around the line and make sure the line was very lightly covered by silt - a kind of natural pinning down. They swore by this, and their results were good, as I've said. Canal carp can be spooky, -perhaps because they see a lot of fine lines etc. I once waited for fifteen minutes for a run to develop, - with just 1cm lifts on a light bobbin, as the carp tested things out to see if my bait was safe to take, or not. It was a long linear mirror, and it was hooked just a little way inside the mouth - and therefore, a very cautious fish.Snape wrote:Interesting stuff.
I may well give it a go next season.
You have to admire his dedication, Nigel!Snape wrote:On the idea of covering the line with silt a fellow TFF'er once told me he fished for line shy carp by casting out then putting compost over his lines!FarliesBirthday wrote:Indeed, BL's account of a 42lb fish is simply mouthwatering! On the subject of braid and canals, I once went to a slide-show presentation by two guys who were catching good doubles and low twenties from a canal, and they swore by a simple refinement of the close range freelining method I have just outlined. They would lay out a short, direct line, as described, from rod to bait, bait up, then go back with a landing net pole, to stir up the bottom around the line and make sure the line was very lightly covered by silt - a kind of natural pinning down. They swore by this, and their results were good, as I've said. Canal carp can be spooky, -perhaps because they see a lot of fine lines etc. I once waited for fifteen minutes for a run to develop, - with just 1cm lifts on a light bobbin, as the carp tested things out to see if my bait was safe to take, or not. It was a long linear mirror, and it was hooked just a little way inside the mouth - and therefore, a very cautious fish.Snape wrote:Interesting stuff.
I may well give it a go next season.
There were some serious Carp up there, go past Heyford Station until you reach the pub, Barley Mow I believe its called, and just after the pub take a left, follow the lane to the bottom then turn right, that will take you to the lock. Walk upstream till you come to the Railway bridge. When you have reached the railway bridge you have walked past half the fish, there is a slight bend in the canal before the bridge and on the far bank a ditch comes in, from that ditch to 100 yds past the red brick railway bridge is carp alley or was, a mate of mine used to fish pva bags of pellets down the middle and that's all he did, he was very successful there.Blackadder wrote:An interesting post BL.
I've fished the river Cherwell around Somerton and Heyford but never the canal, and I wasn't aware of the carp.
I might have to give it a go sometime, as I've never had a cut caught carp