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River Mersey Testing Session.........AT LAST !!!!!!!!!

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River Mersey. Loaded Inserted Stick - Testing Session - One. G ot up late but all my gear was sorted the night before and rigged up a special float I had made specifically for this day. Loaded Whipped Inserted Stick Float   I loaded up the  " Mighty Megan " and hot footed it down the M62. Craig and Casterman were already watching their floats sailling down the River Mersey when I rocked up with all my gear. All the good pegs where still avaliable so I asked Castermans advice as to where I should  have a dangle as I had never fished this stretch before or indeed the river for that  matter. I opted for the next peg down from Craig and quickley set up as light  as possible for the resident roach and perch that frequent the stretch we were fishing. It didn' t start well as I boshed my carfully prepared rig on my fith cast. I set up again using stotts instead of split shot to minimize any false bites while feeding hemp amd fishing maggot on t

River Mersey - Another Challange

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River Mersey - Another Challenge. Just had a mooch near the Warrington Stretch at Woolston. Very interesting.......... I can see a serious campaign going down on that stretch, its lovely. A decent run of Salmon is now present in the Mersey s I have been lead to believe. Can not wait to get on it with one of my home made wagglers Andy Barns......lol Just had a chat with one of my pals. He said the Mersey gets really hard in the winter.........let the games begin...... TTFN Peanut.