Post by rushy on Sept 24, 2015 21:15:30 GMT
Well one thing I've learnt this year is don't be afraid to fish shallow water. This point was proven to,the extreme this aft. I'd planned a trip with a mate to the Ouse but unfortunately couldn't make it so headed for a short session to the Nidd.
Sat for a couple of hours in a swim but no luck. Thought I'd try out the old " Smiley rolling meat " in a bit of faster water about 2 foot deep but again to no avail. Learnt quite a bit though by trial and error casting upstream , reducing the shot , lifting the rod up and bouncing it along . . . One on the list for next season.
Anyway , decided to put it down to an ever increasing blank of late and started to walk back to the car in the direction of the shallow water leading to the "Rapids "
Mmmmm , think I will just have one last cast out of interest. Found a peg where Imcould get down to the river to cast downstream but I needed to have the rod at the top of the bank. Stuck my rod rest in the higher section and jumped down to the lower section to cast in. Landed it about a foot before the rapids started , couldn't have been more than a foot deep. Turned round with my back to the water , put the rod in the rest and started to climb back up the bank to strike the pose
As I'm trying to grasp,grass and nettles to get back up the bank the bait runner starts screaming in front of my nose
I turned round to see the rod end going Barbel style
. Picked the rod up which I'd only just put down ten seconds ago and a few minutes later a hard fighting 5 pounder was on the bank 
That's not only the quickest Barbel I've had but also the shallowest water one . . . And it's nearly October
Sat for a couple of hours in a swim but no luck. Thought I'd try out the old " Smiley rolling meat " in a bit of faster water about 2 foot deep but again to no avail. Learnt quite a bit though by trial and error casting upstream , reducing the shot , lifting the rod up and bouncing it along . . . One on the list for next season.
Anyway , decided to put it down to an ever increasing blank of late and started to walk back to the car in the direction of the shallow water leading to the "Rapids "
Mmmmm , think I will just have one last cast out of interest. Found a peg where Imcould get down to the river to cast downstream but I needed to have the rod at the top of the bank. Stuck my rod rest in the higher section and jumped down to the lower section to cast in. Landed it about a foot before the rapids started , couldn't have been more than a foot deep. Turned round with my back to the water , put the rod in the rest and started to climb back up the bank to strike the pose
As I'm trying to grasp,grass and nettles to get back up the bank the bait runner starts screaming in front of my nose
I turned round to see the rod end going Barbel style
. Picked the rod up which I'd only just put down ten seconds ago and a few minutes later a hard fighting 5 pounder was on the bank 
That's not only the quickest Barbel I've had but also the shallowest water one . . . And it's nearly October
