Monday, January 15

 

7lb chub comes from flooded Stour


WHILE the seriously wet weather might have put some off, Iain Nairn stuck to his guns and was rewarded with the capture of this 7lb 4oz chub.
Carpenter Iain, from Stourpaine in Dorset, touch legered a cheesepaste hookbait on a flooded River Stour to tempt the specimen, his fifth ‘seven’ of the season so far and his tenth ever.
He is having a phenomenal season by anyone’s standards – he has also banked 56 ‘fives’ and nine ‘sixes’ since June 16.
posted by AT News Desk  # 1/15/2007 12:55:00 PM
 

River Wensum produces two 20lb pike


JUST weeks after banking a huge 28lb 8oz pike from the River Wensum, Phil Spinks has returned to the venue to take another massive specimen, this time scaling 26lb 12oz.
The 26-year-old painter and decorator from Norwich was fishing a short afternoon session, after waiting a couple of days for the colour to drop out of the river following heavy rains.
The pike was eventually hooked after two aborted takes next to a set of snags in the margins of a sweeping bend on the Norfolk river.
After a spirited fight, Phil beat the fish with the help of 15lb mainline, a 24lb Fox wire trace and size 4 Eddie Turner semi-barbless trebles.
posted by AT News Desk  # 1/15/2007 09:40:00 AM

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