Back by the river again. This time it was
completely different action. I caught Roach after Roach after Roach with my
five meter whip rod. I also had my feeder rod (without feeder, only a rig with
a sliding lead on my line) on action. I casted it little bit further almost in
the middle of the river. I was hoping that there was some possibilities for
bigger fish there. First there was only odd Roach and Ruffe eating my worms.
About an hour had past when I stroked once again and felt something slightly
heavier in the end of my line. And yes, there it finally was. A Vimba bream of
bit under 300 grams. Soon after that I caught another one. Then it went back to
Roach and Ruffe again.
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| Vimba bream or Zarte (Vimba vimba) |
In some point I was thinking about leaving and
going to another river on the way back home. Maybe I would have a chance to catch
one Ide there. I had already packed my whip rod and almost everything else away
when I saw an shy bite at my quivertip. I stroke and there was something bigger
again. And yes, it was an Ide (Leuciscus idus).
So because I now had my Ide I decided to stay
for a little longer in a hope of bigger Vimba. And somebody heard my wishes.
Quite soon I caught another Vimba and it was decent size too. It was not an
monster but weighed 456g (just about one pound) just eight grams under my PB. I
caught one more Vimba before I left back to home. That was a one nice day.
After the Vimba bream, the Ide and a Bleak I caught on match fishing
competition at Tuesday my year count is on 18 Finnish species now.
