Tench Tempted by Artem’s Custom Made Lures
My theory was that tench eat natural food sources such as caddis, mayfly, damsels, dragonfly and other nymphs. So if I make a lure small enough and buggy looking so it can imitate a nymph but nothing in particular, then tench surely will take a bite at it.
I came up with a pattern that has rubber legs, dubbing on the body two hen pheasant feathers at the front and more rubber legs. Colour of the lure is olive, as it seems to be the most common colour of the nymphs.
Arrived at the lake before sunrise and cleared the spot with a rake and fed it with my usual mix of Weetabix, digestive biscuits and bread. The feed was only needed to attract tench to the spot, and once they are there, to be casting around with a tench lure in hopes of a bite.
I would cast to the far end of the clear spot, let the lure sink and retrieve it very slowly with pauses letting it sink each time to the bottom. Bites would come suddenly usually when I least expect it. When the lure would sink to the bottom and I would start ro real it in again usually Tench already have taken it and I would feel first heavy fish at the end of the line and when tench knows he is hooked then the runs pulls and head shakes would come.
It’s great fun to be catching tench on a light spinning rod and a small lure. It is definitely an unusual way of catching them for me.
I fished all day from the morning to about 8pm. Managed to catch 5 fish all in around 45cm to 48cm”
Silver Dawn
