We've all got an item of tackle that gives us a little confidence-boost. Perhaps it’s caught us something big or produced a match win. Well, Andy Moss’ faith in his trusty old quivertip rod has just gone through the roof, after he landed this 8lb 10oz chub using it!
It was caught from the Lea – a river that’s been in blistering big-fish form this season. With the venue dropping nicely and still carrying a little colour, Andy started the day roving with trotted breadflake, but had no success. By the time he’d settled into his fifth chosen spot, he decided his best chance of a bite would be on the ‘tip’.
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“I baited upstream with liquidised bread, ahead of a far-bank slack I wanted to target, and went back to the van for lunch,” he told us.
“I chatted with my good friend Simon Lashmore and I mentioned that my quivertip rod – an old 1lb test curve Fox Specialist – had caught me a lot of good fish.
“I’ve had six different seven- pounders on it from three different rivers. It’s funny how certain tackle can give you so much confidence.”
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Andy rigged up a four-swan link leger, using 6lb line straight through to a size 8 hook. Baiting with a piece of breadflake, he introduced a bit more liquidised feed upstream and cast out.
“Maybe 20 minutes later the tip bounced back and just kept bouncing. I struck and connected with solid resistance as the fish went hard for the far-bank snags," he said.
"Pointing the rod downstream while walking downriver, I applied steady pressure. It eventually kited into midriver, just where I wanted it.
"I use a long landing net handle so I can land fish out in the flow before they get a chance to dive under the near bank, and soon I had the chub safely in the net.
“I called Simon over and neither of us could believe the size of it. My previous PB of 7lb 9oz is totally smashed!”
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