UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

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