I am back out on the river this afternoon and evening hoping that I can find some barbel or carp, as I have got a bit more time today.
In the end, I settled for swim on a big swiping bend, with a slow shallow run by some reeds and a deeper run in the middle.
Rod 1 was cast upstream by some reeds, with a 16mm Gulp baits Red Crustation boilie, a 1.5 ft flourocarbon hook link with a size 8 korda kaptor wide gape hook.
And with a large home made stone weight.
A 1oz back lead to keep it all pinned down.
Rod 2
Was cast 10ft off the bank, into a deep clean run.
A 2oz large swim feeder with a mix of hemp/ground bait and small pellets with a 3ft hook link set up as rod 1.
At around 8pm, I moved up the river 20 yards as it would give me a better angle to the reeds, and I was also having a lot of weed issues on the line of the other rod.
By about 10.30 pm, it was time to call it a day. I ended up with a couple of small chub for all my effort this evening.
Richard
50.972406
-1.765958
About richardhandel
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 
Where abouts on the avon are you fishing. I’m from Ringwood, miss the sight of my home ground.
LikeLike
it,s a beat between Downton & Fordingbridge
LikeLike