Chasing the ever-popular chub
A fish for all seasons? Ian Chillcott joins Des Taylor for a days chub fishing on the River Test in Hampshire. Jerry Hammond is targeting carp in amongst the lilies on a beautiful summers day. Dave Barham features in Quick Tips and talks through grip leads for up-tiding off a boat at sea. Nick Hart is after budget price salmon on a small clear water river in the south of England.
In this full length programme Des Taylor visits one of his favourite stretches of the Severn to show how to set about targeting specimen chub from a big, powerful river.
Dean Brook shows how aggressive chub can be as he catches them on lures, plugs and soft baits.
Dean Brook catches loads of big chub on lures and here he runs through some of his favourite patterns and makes when lure fishing for chub.
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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
