Best Type of Swim
I know that this has appeared on the other board but this is with a view to a different slant. What type of swim would you advise a beginner to try ? Please no "the one with fish in!" replies I would...
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i'd probably suggest a swim with a big old raft in it, not too snaggy, and put a bait and a few freebees slightly upstream of it, or like you suggest andy a crease swim. i was going to say weirpools...
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i'd say any point where the fish can wait for food to come to them with the minmum of effort. so, crease,just off anything that diverts the main flow - sunken branch,rock etc. deeper pools in undercut...
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if they could find a bit of a depression on the riverbed with plenty of weed surrounding and partially covering it would be a good place to bait and wait on a shallowish section....j.w
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I don't think it matters a jot which river Andy is talking about. A swim like he describes is a good starter on any river. If a crease is two feet long or twenty yards it's worth a shot - irrespective...
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hi,well i do clear or not makes a difference where you fish.derek.
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Derek - Andy was I think trying to be more general and, as there are more non-clear rivers, I reckon his advice is sound. The deeper weirs are probably better from Autumn onwards, when the depth...
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hi,i agree rich on non-clear rivers,but if you can see them,maybe under your feet at times or close in.my point being that if there where barbel close in,then you wouldnt cast to anywhere else,you...
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another good spot on shallowish rivers is in the main flow when it channels in near a far side bank thats not fished, pick a spot preferebly with maybe an overhanging tree or a spot with plent of weed...
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at this time of year and in these conditions i.e. low water very clear ,in a weir pool will the fish be in the deeper turbulent water directly below the weir or in the shallower water 30-40yds...
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A swim that has somewhere for the fish to come form. Don't cast to where they live, draw them to where you want them to feed. I'd be looking for smooth even flow of fast walking pace above a snag or...
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in a weir i would try to fish where the bottom starts to shelve up or right up near the sill, personally the shelving up is my own preference....j.w
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Hi folks, I'm real new to barbel fishing, haven't caught one yet!! If you were fishing a small weirpool, three foot high weir into fast water; which then exits to the far side of the pool. There's a...
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Must admit suede dont think you did to much worng, though I dont have access to weirs on my areas. If I was directing people on the Thames I would send them to the Thames classics, narrow parts of...
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Thanks for the reply, it's difficult to know whether you're doing the right thing when you have nobody to compare. Never been barbel fishing before and I believe it's lowish stock. I've carp fished...
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Just one more question chaps, If you're fishing boilie, do you feed boilie, and same question meat, do you chaps ever fish meat static, and do you feed chunks in as you fish. Lots of mythering I know,...
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When I fish boilies I fish a pva bag or net of crushed boilies and 2 or 3 freebies along with it, I save the meat for the floods and just fish a ruddy great chunk of it on its own
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Doesn't seem as though I'm doing anything wrong then, I'll get back to it, Think I just need to get on the river and fish., for them. Thanks again for replying.
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Look for cover trees over hanging, raft, heavy streamer weed, look for a drop off from shallow into slightly deeper water, what some have already described as a slope. A crease behind a bed of reeds...
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