"Alec Powell" wrote in message
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Cleaning out the freezer - found a year old bag of peeled prawns!
Any good for a freshwater bait? :-)
(My river = chub, roach, barbel if you're lucky and the occasional
bream/carp)
Cheers,
Alec



Alec,
I use both these and shell-on prawns quite a lot for summer chub
stalking/prospecting. Semi-freelined (just a swan shot to provide a bit of
casting weight & to get them down) & trundled through pacy riffles & holes
they can be very effective - & the chub tend to hit them hard :-)
I've also picked up 3 or 4 barbel using the same tactics.

An excellent way of catching something in these horrible hot bright daytime
conditions we're getting at the moment.

hth

Richard
(Leeds)