Roly Byrne the Barrow Piker reports that it has been a very good week on the Barrow this week so far. Two double figure fish to the bank. One on Tuesday and the other on Wednesday. This is a great improvement on recent times. Roly is a man with a great way with words. He tells us;
“Right now I’m very conscious of the fact that time is running out. Spawning time is on the way, maybe another two or three weeks left depending on water temperatures and levels. Time on the bank is time well spent. A chance to meet a “big girl” before she retires to entertain the boys.”
Down at the Barrow, Roly wasn’t long there when he got a pick up, the alarm signalled a slow steady take. After the string of dropped runs the previous week he decided not to waste a second and immediately struck into what turned out to be a turbocharged jack, who went off like a bullet and was in a proper strop coming to the bank.
The following day Roly tells us ” I was brimming with enthusiasm, Burkie was off work so the Biker piker and myself decided to join forces and meet up for a few hours to see if the river might magic up another double. It did…….
Levels are now dropping rapidly, and the river is running with just a touch of colour due to the early spring dry spell. Conditions were ideal, we slung out a couple of deads, hard on the bottom and popped up. An alarm blipped as a fish snatched a bait. Alan was in…. (Alan was into the fight of his life) this fish was not keen to move on any account, I wondered if were glued to the riverbed. Eventually the runs came, the line cut through the water as the fish moved upstream still holding firm. Alan was patient… he had to be! This fish was in no hurry. I don’t know who had the greater workout Alan or the fish, eventually I reached down with the net and she came to the bank.”
Read Roly’s article on his
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