Red Crustacean Does the job with the Chub.......Richard Handel

At the moment I only get a limited amount of time to fish, (Monday evenings) due being overloaded with work. So I thought I would do a spot of chub fishing on the Hampshire Avon as the levels are up and was hoping the fish would be held up in the slack water. I had a quick look on the Sunday afternoon as I knew the river was in flood still. It was so high the car park was under water and I needed my waders to get to the areas I was interested in. I ended up choosing not the normal type of swim you would expect to find chub held up e,g snaggy. It was on a big bend with a large area of slack water, I baited up with a mix of 12/16mm Red Crustacean mixed with hemp & pellet on the Sunday night. So, when I got there Monday after work I would just use a large feeder to top up the swim every 20 mins or so. Well, after wading through the water meadows that were in some places over 2ft deep I finally got to my baited area. I quickly got the tackle sorted out and within minutes the rod trip was knocking and soon I had hooked in to my first chub, a nice one at 4lb 12oz, and with an hour and a half I had 3 more 4lb+ fish topped by a 5lb 10oz fish. Not bad for 2 hours fishing! I did the same the following week and managed another 3 4lb+ fish. These Avon Chub just love The Red Crusty That's all for now Richard