Roach On The Res With John Derbyshire
I have been meaning to go roach and bream fishing with John Derbyshire for AGES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We finally got to go a couple of weeks ago. Conditions where far from ideal. Flat calm weather did not help either if us. John was on the tip and I opted for the waggler. The waggler was one of my own, a foot long, glow in the dark, straight, loaded waggler to be more accurate. I have wanted to try it out for ages and today was the day. John mixed a few kilos of ground bait while I set up my two float approaches. Waggler as mentioned previously and a short perch swim using chopped worm and a perch bobber about a rod length out. It was a slow start. !!!!!!! John was picking up quite a few fish on the tip but I was struggling. At five rodlengths out I was fishing double red maggot on the bottom at nine feet deep. I had NOTHING for an hour. !!!!!!!!!!! John had around 5 lb by now and was giving me some stick. " Looks like your flashy floats aren't wo