The Perch Search Continues...

As Sarah eluded to in her last post, work has been overwhelmingly hectic lately. If only people would heed my advice and try their central heating out in September, rather than waiting for it to get cold before discovering that their diverter valves have seized in the hot water position! Sorry, rant over. As a result of the torrent of cold clients, I've only managed a couple of trips out after the perch, and they were only short trips. I have still managed to catch a few, and a couple of pike on small roach live-baits, the best of them being a 2lb 14oz specimen. Just to make life a bit more fun, I've been using my old Bruce and Walker MKiv Avon and my JW Youngs Rolling Pin. 2lb 14oz of River Stour Stripey2lb 2oz.This season, completely inspired by my dads love of using centre-pins, even when they're completely impractical and definitely the wrong tool for the job, our local group of PAC members have decided to undertake a "biggest pike on the pin" challenge in his name. This spans the…

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