River Stour Chub Fishing

So armed with a pair of lightweight  11ft Harrison Royalty Rover Rods  rods custom made for Davis Tackle designed by Chris Holley. And 2 Diawa Pro Caster 350 fixed spool reels, along with my baits of choice off I went along the mid Stour.  I always use Elips Small Pellets and Hemp as feed, always soaked with Fish Pro Liquid for instant attraction as all fish love this combination I find. A variety of Hinders Mini Elips & Barbel Bomb Dumbells. Ramiz and Big Cheese Hook Baits (chub n barbel love Cheese Baits particularly in the Winter) accompanied with the same pastes to give me a variety of fish, dairy, meat hook bait choices.  

What I thought was going to be a tough week with the weather conditions not being great. The cold spell kicking in and the water still pretty clear with water temps dropping to between 4 - 6 degrees by the end of the week. I found getting the fish to feed fishing into dark did the trick with several chub landed along all stretches I fished ranging from 4lb to 7lb including 3 fish over 6lb. A double figure barbel from an under fished part of the Stour and a nice roach well over a 1lb on the last session at Throop turned it into a good week.