7.10am until 2.10pm
Forgetting a few hours after work for the elusive Tees barbel on a September evening, I had not fished with Ellis since 17th June 2025!!
Putting that right this week, we started on the Swale. I have joined Leeds, a large and great club. Today we tried their Topcliffe flavour.
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| Coming from Northumberland, this is why I felt at home |
Ellis arrived early and secured a double swim. Today was another social with rods. In hindsight, I could of left the rods at home as they didn't catch today. However I thoroughly enjoyed the day on a great new stretch!
I walked it just before we left, and that definitely had me thinking about another trip, soon!
We ledgered every bait we had, varied everything but to no avail. We even swapped for a worm in the margins as something was constantly harassing something. Ellis caught the culprit, a nice perch.
I will need to review the boundaries as some other swim parameters seemed 'muddled'.
Some barbel were caught on the stretch today, it was full of anglers. Great to see on opening day!
Let's not leave it until nearly next one please Ellis!!
Oh dear. You must let us in to the secret of how not to catch a barbel at Topcliffe. 😁 You'll have plenty more time to correct it though.
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