The Tidal River Exe
Carp were hooked and lost but balanced tackle finally prevailed the above a shade under twenty pounds gave me one hell of a scrap on an avon rod with 8lb line and battling an out going tide.. absolute magic, other carp soon came along with fish to low doubles occasionally. The main target were the bream and one particular day saw 7 landed, none of these were under 6lb and the biggest a personal best of 9lb 8oz! Mullet to over 4lbs too were taken these hard fighters seem to like my sweetcorn... strange fish?
End of summer has finally been and gone and looking back all efforts were rewarding despite sessions being hampered by the call of home improvements which is still a burden now. As well as the swooping owls and a very close otter encounter whilst wading back to the bank the fishing was superb. The challenge of tidal river fishing can be a strange affair with fish non existent one minute and then carpets of the hungry buggers on the out going tide the next. My catches did vary from the odd blank ( excluding dace these silver fellas were always obliging) to a complete bag of bream, odd chub, mullet and some tough tidal carp.
Carp were hooked and lost but balanced tackle finally prevailed the above a shade under twenty pounds gave me one hell of a scrap on an avon rod with 8lb line and battling an out going tide.. absolute magic, other carp soon came along with fish to low doubles occasionally. The main target were the bream and one particular day saw 7 landed, none of these were under 6lb and the biggest a personal best of 9lb 8oz! Mullet to over 4lbs too were taken these hard fighters seem to like my sweetcorn... strange fish?
