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I've only tried pershore a couple of times and havn't caught,though to be honest i havn't tried"properly" if you know what i mean.Don't like the place to be honest,too busy for me,road,dog walkers, match anglers,idiots etc,if it was in the middle of nowhere i'd fish it much more.I fish a little further downstream,ive had some nice fish up to 10 12,but mainly in flood conditions,had 4 to 9 4 opening week but ive given up a bit at the moment due to the nuisance chub,sounds like you're having the same problem!Those 8oz chub wont stop till theyve got that paste wrapped 18mm in their gobs!I like the bag approach too,it catches the barbs but ive come to realise its just asking for chub,they love it,pellets are asking for it too in my experience.Kills my confidence when I'm constantly getting chub pulls.I've tried jon's 40mm team barbel big nuggets but I'm not sure the barbs want a bait that big at the mo,so havn't got much faith in that either!Back to pershore,i remember jon told be how finicky they were when he fished it a couple of years back.I'm sure it would be worth trying something out of the ordinary.Also,you say you've adopted a roving approach,on the occasions ive caught this season ive sat on a swim,funnel web bag each cast for 10-12 hours for nothing,then suddenly 2 barbs in an hour late afternoon.I think they have very short feeding spells.My results aren't exactly good mate so i'm just telling you of my experiences rather than trying to give advice!I find it a better winter river so ive retreated to the wye to get a bend in the rod until we get some floods and it all becomes less soul destroying!