THE SMOKE OPENS THE FLOODGATES FOR DAVE!
Smoked-up match-the-hatch hookbaits worked wonders for Dave Ash during a recent session on his flooded Oxfordshire syndicate, yielding six fish in total, including a belting mid-thirty mirror.
With his usual lake closed because of flooding, Dave was relieved he could still fish due to two other lakes on the complex remaining open, despite carrying a heck of a late of extra water!
Dave told us: “Luckily, two of the other lakes on the complex were still open, so after finding fish in a rather flooded peg and having to set the rods well into the water due to it being so shallow, I knew it was going to be Wellingtons for the whole session!
“The first run was an hour into the session, so my boots were quickly put on and I played out a nice-looking common of 21lb 12oz. Over the next couple of days, I managed a further five runs, yielding a double, three twenties to 27lb 2oz and a cracking 34lb 2oz to top off the session in the final half-hour.
“Bug match-the-hatch Corker hookbaits soaked in the Bug Amino Smoke did all the bites.”