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Darren Cox - in Depth: Garbolino Mosella Silver Fish Festival
Darren Cox - in Depth: Garbolino Mosella Silver Fish Festival
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for the first 90 minutes, then they came up
shallow and I had a great hour fishing for
them 12 inches deep. Then, they vanished
as quickly as they arrived! I went straight
onto Sis rig, which Id set up specially and
caught really well for a spell before it went
on me again!
This is unusual for the roach here, as
once you get them lined up they normally
stay with you until the end of the match
if you maintain a sensible feeding regime.
Id tried feeding several different ways, but
whatever I did my peg was going away
from me. I felt that the water was probably
a little bit too clear, and every time you
caught several fish in a row the others
would unsettle and move in the swim.
I still had a good match, as I managed to
keep in contact with the fish for most of the
match, except for one 45-minute spell in the
middle, and won the section with 32lb, 4lb
clear of Clint who was second. I went away
scratching my head as to why I had the
blank spell, though.
Day Three was a bad match for me
in terms of results as I came third in the
section, but it was still my best learning
day. I spent 90 minutes watching Steve
Hemingray and Clint bag up while I
waited patiently for the odd bite. (The same
happened to Will Raison on this peg the
day after and we could only surmise that
its the way the sun falls on the water; as it
moves, the fish also move along the lake
with it.)
I bagged in the last two hours, though,
and ended up with 25lb of roach. It was
what I found out about the feeding that
I was most excited about. The fish were
lifting off the bottom to intercept the feed
and again I caught some on the 12-inchesoff-the-bottom rig but they wouldnt
stay at that depth for very long again. I
was feeding 10 to 15 casters every putin, which is normally about the right
amount whatever the depth the fish are
at, but I found that by feeding much more
positively every put-in I could nail the fish
to the bottom. I started feeding 40 casters
every drop-in on my main line, which was
Depth Rig
0.4g to 0.6g
DS6
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Shallow
Rig
0.2g DC15
0.05g DC15
0.12mm
0.12mm or
0.14mm
12in to 3ft
Spread or
bulked No10s
0.12mm or
0.14mm
Evenly spread
No10s
0.09mm hooklength
Size 18 Drennan
Silverfish Match
Bulk of No8s
No10 droppers
Festival sponsors Vic Bush (Mosella)
and Darren Cox (Garbolino) flank the
top three: (from left) runner-up Steve
Hemingray, winner Callum Dicks and
third-placed Clive Carter.
12in-OffThe-Bottom
Rig
0.09mm hooklength
0.09mm hooklength
Size 18 Drennan
Silverfish Match
Size 18 Drennan
Silverfish Match
12in
A sectionwinning catch
for Clive
Carter.
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