Arrived at Wood lane a tad later than expected, only to see Cotti marching in the horizon, whereas I expected to drop on one of the rhs pegs close to the bridge.
Gear out of the car, off I traipsed after him
He’d dropped on peg 53 to get out of a bit of a devilish skimming easterly wind, so I plonked myself on 54, which was Lasher’s peg on the last Cashmores match.
Cotti had picked up our bait – all of ½ of caster and ½ pinkie between us.
The plan – fish the punch for a few silvers and firtle a few pinkies and caster in for anything else sniffing around.
Punch rig was a 4x10 seed float with a size 20 PR31 direct to 0.06 (1.4lb).
Also set up was a 4x10 TBF cult in a monstrous 2.6lb – aint got a clue why I set that up.
A couple of punch lines were fed, short and long.
By the time I started on the short line, Cotti had already picked up about 5 roach on his longer punch line.
My first look in and a roach. And again, And again. It was a bite a put in, but no stampers all 1-2 oz, despite a fairly large piece of punch being used.
After about 15 fish, float slips under and I lift…………….lackie shoots out.
Sh*t it’s a tinca. Play it for about 10 mins and am grateful that the fine wire hook has held and done its job. Probably knocking 2.5 pound.
Inside line refed after that skirmish and a look across on the longer line. Same patter, a bite a chuck, this time from roach and rudd. Again only small 2ozers but I’m happy to put fish in the net.
Float dips again and a lift……………sod it…………another tinca.
Again play this gently for 5-10 mins and the rig holds out again. Ditto, another about the 2.5lb mark. 40 mins in, and I’ve about 6-7lb in the net………cant be bad.
Back on the inside, more roach. Float dips, lackie comes out another tinca. Play this for about 5 mins, but I’m getting a bit cocky and a lean into it a bit too much see’s me part company. A look at the rig……………reason – PR31 has snapped.
Refeed and across again. More roach and rudd then tinca no 4 puts in an appearance.
1.4lb bs is again put to the test………but this time tinca snags me in a load of weed.
Ok………..lets play games. ::)
Out with the other rig this time, but with double pinkie. Roach and rudd are having it one a chuck. Start feeding the pinkie and caster on this line.
A bite every put in. If no bite within 2 mins…………I know what’s coming. Yep, tincas keep putting in an appearance.
By now Cottis also had one about 2 lb and his mates come down to see how he’s getting on. Cotti’s mate has never fished with a pole and gives it a go. He’s having roach and rudd across too. Then he has a battle with a tinca and gets it out, cuss Cottis stepped upto 2lb hook length after his first tinca.
Anyway, to cut things short, I ended up with 8 tincas, including a couple of better stamp ones around the 4lb mark, with a bream of a couple of lb in between.
Not a bad days fishing on the clubs canal which is criticised by some of our members – and all on a slice of bread and ¼ each of pinkie and caster…………..no wander I ran out of bait which forced me to call it a day
at home today Dodge - Cottis a mate and I daint want to upset him 
