Fishing the Throop

Well the closed river season has ended, so a trip down the local rivers was definitely in order ! After a previously hard session on the Bickley Mill stream (don't ask ) at ringwood, the Throop fisheries covering several miles of the Stour was picked as a location, and what a days fishing was had. The plan was to go "light", so I stripped my normal fishing bag of all the junk I usually carry around, Blimey there really is allot of it !!! and to limit myself to just one rod and reel.  The setup was to use a light stick float, with light tackle and to trot using single maggots on the various stretches of the Throop...The journey started from the Bournemouth end of the Throop, where we would find a nice stretch of river, setup and fish for 30-60 minutes..The river really is very picturesque, and there is plenty of dace and roach action ! It was then a case of following the river up under the motorway and into the countryside! this really was exceptional...fishing 30 minutes... moving... fishing... moving... much more challenging than being static on the lakes all day and really enjoyable, even though after the first few hours I had wished that I was more ruthless with the amount of fishing tackle I had bought...remember less is more I think in total we walked around 6 miles up and down the Throop, and I must admit that I was knackered at the end...but it was awesome fun, and a really nice change, I'm certainly looking forward to the next time.

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