In article , dlchinery
wrote:

I decided to get the old match gear out and go down to the tidal River Frome
at Wareham(Dorset).I fished the free strech called the "Towpath" apart from
a morning frost the conditions were perfect .I set up a light stick float
with maggot and cast as bait and an very small 18 hook.I managed to get
about 10lb of roach and dace.Some of the roach were up to a pound and I
even had an 12oz dace.I had really forgotten what brilliant fun stick float
fishing was and how well roach and dace fight in the current.I going agin
soon.

Attaboy :-)

You should be able to go up a size or two - #12 is about right and use bread
- especially downstream of the duck-feeding area. Be prepared to trot
thirty yards or so as the better fish often hang back. There are some
seriously big roach caught there, most years 3lb fish are taken.

You need to keep careful track of the tides too. Several swims only fish at
certain depths/stages.

Cheerio,

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