Richard Bartlett wrote:
"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)

Interesting, what size/type/make of hook are you fishing them on Richard ?

I was getting into a lot of chub last weekend, but not many over a pound and
a half, fishing with sweetcorn on a size 12.


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