Tudor's Chub

Well it's been a while since my last piscatorial blog but I thought I'd make an effort as this evening was my last river session of the current season. My partner in short evening session fishing Tudor had suggested we end the season with a quick post work trip to the Broome AC section of the Soar at Narborough and it didn't take much to twist my arm into joining him.

Just before 5:00pm we left work for the short journey to Flash Farm, upon arrival it didn't take us long to get tackled up and a swift walk through the farm yard had us on the banks of the Soar. We had both decided to finish the season with a spot of lure fishing and Tudor went for a small traditional spinner while I went for a soft lure jig set up in the hope of a Pike. It was looking like a promising evening with very mild conditions and the river looking fairly clear giving good clarity for our chosen lure techniques.

 The River Soar at Flash Farm

We had only been fishing for a short while when Tudor hooked into what he initially thought was a decent Brown Trout, however he soon realised he was hooked into a very nice Chub. After a brief but nerve jangling tussle Tudor managed to guide his prize into the net which I had carefully positioned. What a stunning fish it was in fabulous condition without a mark on it. Tudor decided not to stress it out and weigh it but we guessed it's weight at around the 3lb mark! A clonking good Chub for Tudor to end his river season on, a possible personal best and his first ever lure caught Chub.

Tudors spinner caught Chub

 A stunning bar of gold, fin perfect

Once Tudor had returned his prize to the river we decided to head down stream to the deep pools at the far end of the beat and work our way back, we spent the next hour leap frogging one another from one deep run or pool to the next. 

I was fishing a bright orange soft bodied jig but couldn't get any interest no matter how hard I tried so with only around 20 minutes fishing time left I switched to a small perch fry imitation lure.