March 2025
Broom River Chub and 2lb 12oz perch
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Neil Bygrave has managed a few trips to the Broom River section of the Ivel recently and was rewarded with a 5lb 7oz chub. Neil had not had any success on his ledger rods, so decided to set up a 4m whip with 5lb line straight through to explore the near margin and a single red maggot tempted the chub. Neil’s next visit also produced a decent chub of 4lb 5oz.
Neil managed 3 trips to Broom River during the last week of the river season and surprisingly was virtually the only angler fishing each trip. His first session resulted in a 10lb 4oz common carp, perch of 2lb 12oz, 2lb 2oz and a couple of smaller perch to 1lb 4oz, a 2lb 13oz chub and half a dozen roach. Neil’s second trip was a fairly short session that only produced a single decent perch. Neil’s final trip produced a good bite on lobworm but then had to drop down hook sizes and try different baits to get further bites but only managed a roach, gudgeon and minnow in the next few hours. As the light faded his tips sprung into action for a frantic 30 minute spell that produce a dozen roach to 7 inches. Neil then reverted back to lobworm and landed an 8oz perch followed by his last fish of the river season that was a nice 4lb 7oz chub.
