All in a Quiver

Well it’s been a busy year fishing and I have learnt a lot of methods but this week saw me setup a cheap quiver tip rod on the Throop and what a day it was. I started really earlier and got down the tackle shop to buy bait at around 7am, another 10 minutes and I was carry my gear down the by the Throop. I must just add here that if you intend to go fishing on a river go as light as possible because there is always a lot of walking to do.

When I arrived at a nice spot I started to fish the normal trotting method, I did catch some small little Dace but after about an hour it was time to move on. At the next spot I continued use the float but after a sudden moment of stupidity I was knotted up and after spending 20 minutes playing cat’s cradle it was time to set up the Quiver tip rod that I had not used since purchasing some months ago.

Now as a newbie to Quiver tip fishing I was not really sure what expect so to make things simple I used a basic feeder setup using one of these booms that keep the feeder away from the hook length, I have no idea if this is a good setup and if not please do let me know.

After some time using a maggot feeder but with no fish I moved open again, I do believe that for river fishing you have to go and find the fish. Before casting I opted to put a straight ledger on the rig and stuck with 3 maggots on a size 16 hook. Not knowing what was meant to happen to the rod I was not very confident of catching but  after about 10 minutes I noticed some movement in the tip and then suddenly the tip started moving in a way that could only be a fish so I struck whilst winding in I thought there was nothing on the end but as the line came towards me I saw this tiny little fish that I had not seen before as it come closer I could see that it was indeed a small barbell and it did look really good.

After a few more of these smaller fish including some Dace, I become exited about Quiver tipping and it may mean that I will need to spend more time using this technique. Before leaving the Throop I did have a stick that could have been that huge chub that I was looking for, the quiver tip was high in the air with a slight bend in the tip when suddenly the tip did not pull down but flicked back in the air and straightened I struck but missed any fish.

After reading up on quiver tipping I found out numerous tactics that may help me catch and I can’t wait to get out there again I’ll let you all know how it goes until then see you.

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