August fishing with more large chub

The weather continued to be hot throughout August with some very hot conditions. The barbel wouldn’t come out to feed very often. You could locate the same fish in the same swim. Although it was unfair to target the same fish. I had found a great shoal of chub which enabled me to obtain some lovely video of them feeding at very close range.

Here is the video

So you can see it’s fascinating watching them feed and something I learned was the crunching sound as they crushing them on their throat teeth.

Something I was very busy with over the last couple of months was guiding. Most of the guiding was completed on the Dorset Stour with a couple of days on the Hampshire Avon. Most people caught some large 5 and 6lb chub plus most had pb chub. This just illustrates that the Dorset Stour has some great chub fishing at the moment. Summer fishing has been fantastic this year but now as I write this the weather has turned in late September and the rivers will be getting some much needed rain. I’ve not fished or guided on the river Wye much this year. I think it’s been just the once. I’ve watched over the years the river slowly dying before my eyes. The summer flows have been low as apposed to the noughties when the floods had the river in great from. 10 years is not long in terms of a rivers life but I’ve watched it being strangled. Nobody seems to be doing anything to help or identify the real issues. Although many have their views and voice these the lifeless river limps on.

So I’ve not managed to fish as often as I liked the stamp of chub and guiding people to catch these put a big smile on my face plus the chaps. Here is a round up of Augusts results.