My Wife (very understanding Wife) dropped me off on the bank at 05:30 and as I was having to hump all my gear I chose a near peg; peg 17.
It looked great for trotting a stick as it was clear and open on both sides but more so on the left, which was ideal.
Once set up I came across my first disappointment of the day, my new Abu 706! As I was fishing light on a 2lb main line and 1.7lb hook length the main line would not release past the pick up pin so I had to constantly release it manually before every cast .
I trotted the stick for 4 hours without a single bite and then switched to a maggot feeder over to the far reeds which also produced nothing. I returned to trotting again where I produced the only fish of the day on the river; a bloody Minnow.
At least it wasn't just me, as there was a chap across on the BAA stretch who also found it hard going, but he had one chublet.
At 14:00 I decided to pack up and move up to the lake to which this nearly killed me.
As my Wife wasn't coming back to pick me up 'till around 18:00 I had no choice but to make the move, but this turned out to be another one fish exercise also, with a small perch after about 3 hours.
The only thing that actually saved the day was while on the lake there where a pair of Kingfishers flying around which at first one of them landed about 4ft away on a tree branch to my right, but a few minutes later one of them flew in and landed in between my 2nd and 3rd rod ring about 3ft away form me and perched for about 10 seconds; lovely
All in all I think I built the 16th up a little too much which leads to a big disappointment when it all goes pear shaped.
Ian
The Glorious 16th - NOT!
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Didnt get chance to go down unfortunately, but did fish the river the very last day of the season and managed a few nice bream right at the bottom of the stretch under some trees, but was actualy going for a barbel.
Might head to the stour on Sunday and see if thats fishing, cant seem to get much info on it though.
Might head to the stour on Sunday and see if thats fishing, cant seem to get much info on it though.
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