We can spend all day beside the river and have very little to show for it. Yet, there are other times when an impromptu session lasting just an hour or so can result in some exceptional fish gracing the bank. This is exactly what happened to Thomas Bacon, who headed down to his local River Wesnum for a quick session before it got dark, leading to him landing this enormous 7lb chub, which is a huge fish for the river these days.
"I got back from school and headed straight to my local stretch of the River Wensum, in Norfolk, where I selected a swim with good depth, a steady flow and an undercut bank," he informed us.
“After feeding a few bits of cheesepaste made with stinky Stilton, I moulded a small lump of it around a size 6 hook and dropped it close to my near margin," he added.
“Just a few minutes later, the tip wrapped around, and I struck into a fish that made a long run downstream... making me wonder if it was a carp or a barbel!"
“It then held deep, making dives for the near bank, and when a big chub surfaced, I was very relieved to see it slip into the net," Thomas recalled.
“Weighing 7lb exactly, it’s a fish I didn’t expect the Wensum to produce. “In fact, I double-checked the weight on two different sets of scales, just to be sure!”
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