tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596837967349501859.post5288212216031914970..comments2024-01-16T02:38:29.993+00:00Comments on Joe Chatterton's Angling Diary: Dace chaseJoe Chattertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00543822195713862313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596837967349501859.post-24935305906195269302011-11-13T14:59:46.671+00:002011-11-13T14:59:46.671+00:00That's a cute perch - they're v welcome on...That's a cute perch - they're v welcome on a day of catching the smaller stuff when a hard-fighting perch will often surprise you as the biggest fish of the dayKaty Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596837967349501859.post-44609560101040650652011-09-24T23:53:16.668+01:002011-09-24T23:53:16.668+01:00Well done Joe,
Thats a good perch for all your eff...Well done Joe,<br />Thats a good perch for all your efforts,<br />All the best,<br />http://paddy-swift.blogspot.com/<br />,,,Paddy,,,Paddy Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247450169500209450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596837967349501859.post-18970644223215534012011-09-24T13:49:04.460+01:002011-09-24T13:49:04.460+01:00I had not thought of dry fly, thanks Rod, any part...I had not thought of dry fly, thanks Rod, any particular fly you recommend?<br /><br />Also I thought a small worm might help with the bigger ones plus will try the bread paste.<br />CheersJoe Chattertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596837967349501859.post-47805411037583280002011-09-24T09:43:47.275+01:002011-09-24T09:43:47.275+01:00Dace are a lovely fish and great fun on dry fly to...Dace are a lovely fish and great fun on dry fly too! It's a long time since I went after big dace. To seriously target big dace the tactics are very different from catching them in their shoals. Big dace end up as solitary fish and instead of dashing about at all depths they become bottom feeders and like biggish baits. <br /><br />Thirty years or so ago, the Derbyshire Derwent, at Chatsworth, had some real giants. They could only be targeted between November 15th and March 14th. Strett pegged bread paste, less than a yard from the near edge anchored with a barley corn lead and two swan shot was the most effective approach but it was a slow business with bites sometimes coming only once or twice, if they came at all, in the icy cold, six hour sessions that were the order of the day...<br /><br />Regular RodRegular Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412350204961563932noreply@blogger.com