BRITAIN’S MOST TRUSTED VOICE IN FISHING
WE ALL HAVE OFF DAYS, SO I TELL MYSELF!
PAGE 38 We join Hadrian Whittle for a lesson in speed fishing on rivers using whip tactics.
WE ALL love those sessions when everything goes to plan and we fish like a superstar who can’t put a foot wrong. Unfortunately, I seem to be doing the exact opposite at the moment!
My latest ‘let’s not talk about it’ outing came last weekend. With my local river finally back to a fishable level, I decided to have a few hours’ chubbing on Sunday. I should have known it wasn’t going to be a good day when I went to fill my flask and discovered we were out of coffee. After a quick detour to the garage’s Costa machine I was back on track, and walking across the meadow I could see I had the whole stretch to myself. My first cast went out nicely to a set of overhanging branches on the far bank, and I sat back in anticipation.
My rod tip stayed static and I have to admit that I then got distracted watching the local rowing club going up and down. Of course, when I looked back up, my tip had slammed over but, by the time I grabbed the rod, there was nothing on the other end. I gave the swim another 10 minutes, but with no more indicatio
