Purplepeanut007 PP007 FLOAT MAKING & FISHING ADVENTURES - THE RIVER IRWELL AND BEYOND.

Morning all. Both John and I where off to a new stretch of the river today. Our chosen destination was the Wye Lee stretch of the River Wye near the bridge pillers. We arrived to find ourselves the first people there so had the pick of the pegs. John already new where he was gonna fish as did I due to short recce the night before. John was in the the first peg next to the pillers. A bit of a boilly, washing machine peg due to all the sub-surface obstructions. It looked very "Barbely" but he may well loose some end tackle. A bonus John had was we had witnessed a barbel capture from there the night previous so at least we new the were in the vacinity. It had been very warm the past week. I had my suspicions the barbel may still be spawning, or at least cleaning off in the fast water. My choice of run was a double croy. A croy is something like a jetty of rocks, man made, in this case, heading out into the river to about 40 feet. A double croy has the same jetty of rocks mirrore...

It's been a few years since I last went on an adventure with Adam Mack and what a day that was !!!!!! Grayling.....Link Below. https://purplepeanut007.blogspot.com/2018/09/chasing-ladies-with-adam-mack_2.html?m=1 Today would have a lot to live up to. I was putting aside the float rod for a while and trying one of Adams favourite methods....rolling meat for barbel & chub on a  1 -7g lure rod 😲😲😲😲😲 ................ The set up is simple.....1 SSG, 1 swivel, 1 hook.  It does not get much simpler than that now does it !!!!!!! The river was crystal clear and would look barren to most people.....we just stood their for a few moments, waiting for a tell tail shadow to ghost across some of the sandy patches on the bottom of the river bed. "There Mike there....do you see it.....its a big barbel... and a chub..... I hitting that straight away". With an expert flick of the tiny lure rod the meat hit the water about six feet up stream from where the barbel was holding just un...