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Chub Fishing Article, By Chevin . Copyright tlcwebs 2008 |
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When speaking
of the chub, Isaac Walton described it as being the most fearfullest of
fishes and in that he was absolutely right.
However, the chub also has a voracious appetite and as long as it
is remembered that they are easily scared and precautions are taken to
avoid scaring them, they can be caught with reasonable frequency.
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Chub also love well oxygenated water especially in the warmer weather and so a weir pool or spill way can be an excellent place to find them. There are two good ways of fishing these places, either with an upstream ledger or a rolling ledger. To use the upstream ledger method, you should position yourself downstream but within casting reach of the turbulent water. Just enough lead should be used on a link ledger to hold bottom and you tighten up to it. I used to use a single rod rest and have the rod tip quite high for this type of fishing , not only does it keep as much line as possible out of the water and the current, it also makes it very easy to see the bites. If you have judged the weight of your ledger correctly, you will be able to tighten the line to the rod tip and bites will be indicated by the line suddenly falling slack. Initially you will have a few false alarms, but you will soon be able to differentiate between them and real bites. If you are certain that it is just a matter of the ledger shifting, just retighten and continue waiting. If you are unsure as to whether it is a bite or just movement, strike; better safe than sorry! If there are barbel in the water then you might pick up those as well, both fish like similar conditions and take the same baits. |
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To roll a
ledger you need to position yourself fairly close to the weir and cast
across the turbulent water. Again
you need to use a link ledger adjusted so that the pressure of the current
on your line just moves your ledger and bait across the bottom.
You might have to take up slack line from time to time and to keep
in touch with what is happening, you need to hold your rod and touch
ledger all of the time. As
with all chub fishing, stealth and concealment are of paramount
importance. Unless you are
very careful a chub will normally see you before you see the chub and once
it does see you or feel the vibration of foot steps on the bank it will
not be there for you to see.
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As I mentioned
earlier, chub are voracious feeders and they will take a wide variety of
baits many of which can be found on the banks of a river.
Black slugs are an excellent bait though they are revolting
things to pick up. A pair of
plastic tongs is fine for that job and will save you from having fingers
that will remain sticky all day. Worms
are good, as are frogs, though I have to say I really don’t care to
use frogs myself, I like them too much.
I used to catch a lot of chub on crayfish, though I believe that
in some river systems they are no longer allowed as bait.
Bread is always a good bait as is cheese and my favourite cheese
for them was Kraft’s Velveeta. I
don’t know if it is still available in the If you can
approach chub under an over hanging bank or branch it can be worth
dapping a large grasshopper or anything else big enough to put on a
hook. While chub can
be caught throughout the day, early morning and late evening are the
better times during the summer. They
will feed throughout the day in the winter, but on those mild drizzly
winter days, I used to love the first couple of hours of darkness. Voracious they
might be, but chub always learn quickly and once you have caught a few
on the same method in one small area, you might need to change baits or
methods to maintain your success rate.
I remember a stretch of the Tackle for chub
can vary but it is a mistake to go any lighter than necessary.
Chub are powerful fighters and there is no point in fishing too
light and leaving fish with hooks in their mouths and line trailing
behind them. In the heavily
weeded swims I used a carp rod with a one and a half pound test curve
and eight pound line. In
open water I would use a lighter rod with six pound line.
Don’t be afraid to use large hooks if you are using large
baits. I frequently used No
4 and No 2 hooks. Chub fishing
can be hard and frustrating work, but there are few lovelier fish to
look at when you have them in your net.
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