Ian Lamb Masterclass Day
21.08.2015
great catch Ian
This was a special 60th birthday present from Ian’s daughters Sarah and Natalie. The River Ouse at Hemingford Greys near Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire, was the chosen venue. The local St. Ives angling club had kindly given us permission to fish the river.
Ian with his first fish
It was a warm overcast morning with a moderate southerly wind.
Pole was the chosen method, cupping in a big pot of chopped worms and maggots at 6mts, hookbait was a large piece of worm. Ian was soon catching a perch every put in some were small and the largest over 1lb. A switch to breadpunch in the afternoon resulted in some quality roach, cupping in 2 balls of liquidised bread at 10 mts with a 5mm piece of punched bread on the hook. It was necessary to keep topping up the feed every 30 minutes to keep the roach coming.
the boats kept to the far side
We left the bank at about 4pm. It had been an all action day with a mixture of small and quality fish and I guess Ian had caught close to 14lbs, a great weight on a natural venue.
Bob
Some more pictures:
almost in the net
a quality roach on breadpunch
concentration
this feels like a big fish
a 10ozs roach
biggest fish of the day a perch over 1lb