Jo Green has been focusing on RK Leisure’s Wraysbury 1 of late and after initial success catching a few stockies, she was rewarded on her latest trip with one of the original Redmire commons – the mighty Red October! Well done Jo, here’s how it happened:
‘I had decided to go into one of the bays this session using just the 2 rods as there was no point in shutting myself off with a third rod. Casting to the far margin at a range of 62yards the traps were set.
I had no idea what was about to happen early friday morning but the memory will last forever, at 4.30am the left hand rod screamed off and battle commenced, I remember thinking it felt like a decent fish and he was hell bent on trying to get
around the corner, thankfully I managed to turn him and a short while later he was in the net, one cannot repeat what I said when I realised it was one of wraysbury’s jewels.
A phonecall to RK Leisure’s Jamie and Rupert for photo’s and they were on the scene in no time at all.
I’m still lost for words now and still can’t believe I caught such an awsome common of 39lb out of Wraysbury – an iconic fish from an iconic lake.
The set up used comprised ESP Leadcore Leader, Two Tone Choddy Silt hooklink, tied to a T-6 size 6.