In article , Brownz @ Work
wrote:
Richard Bartlett wrote:

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.

Interesting. I suppose they take them for young crayfish which used to be a
good summer chub bait before the signal invaders came along. Nowadays I
suppose young signals must be chub food in many places. Might be worth
dying them (fresh ones, not Alec's freezer trove) a darker shade. If they
take hard then the flavour probably isn't important - so an artificial or a
fly might be as good.

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

Probably about a #2 or #4. A prawn spike as in salmon fishing might help too.

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.

Try crust on a #6.

Cheerio,

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