Hi Midnight.

"try for a ballet dancer next? :{)"

But that would be far tutus easy, you might say.(;-) Better that than a cod
piece me thinks, now that thought could put you off fish and chips for life.

Monday got trod on by family so it will now be Thursday and Friday, they
will learn there is a cost to taking my fishing days away.VBG

Being a man of bream experience can I ask if this makes sense. I started
with a paternoster(SP) set up with feed being a short 4 inch and the hook
length a simple 8 inches. This brought a lot of gentle bites and fish
ranging from 1/2 lb to just over the lb but when I went to a short flying
hook on a running feeder rig I got the bigger ones. Is this usual for bream
or was it just a mater of luck as it happened with the larger fish moving in
later when I changed technique slightly. I changed because I though the
shallow swim ( about 6 foot ) allowed the hook length to be mauled around
before registering on the quiver tip, does that make sense as a rule.

Just come back to fishing so need to relearn a few things as my break was
down to an illness that has resulted in a bit of lost memory.

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Gandalf

"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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Good hunting Gandalf, try for a ballet dancer next? :{)

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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"But, doesn't it look real cool when they tail it "

Once I had come out of shock I have to admit it was a little interesting,
all the stupid things went through the mind like a cross trout bream sort
of slim and spots really.(;-)

Needless to say but I am going again on Monday.VBG

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Gandalf

"The Midnight Rider" wrote in message
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Most certainly, i have known even bream of around 3 to 4 lb to try and
stay topside if a large pike is under, you may be surprised to know that
a 3lb bream will run from even a small 3lb pike.

But, doesnt it look real cool when they tail it

"Gandalf" wrote in message
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As anyone else ever had a 3 lb bream tail walk.

I hooked a few bream today to about 2 lb and they behaved as expected
but close to the end of my day, about 2pm, I had a take and this bream
just erupted on the surface and kept on tail walking like you would
expect a John Wilson pike too.

The whole fight was like it was on steroids. The only other possible
thing was that there was a constant surface disturbance where small
fish were breaking surface as if a shoal of perch were hitting them,
but this was a good 30 foot away and, later, did extend away from where
I was fishing into a little bay so it could have been pike I am
thinking but would that make a sizable bream behave like a minnow in a
piranha pool.


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Gandalf