Jun 2010
I set off from home at 6am and was fishing for just after 7am on a lovely June morning. I was the only person fishing and fished a peg opposite the island, which had a good depth close in by a tree. After feeding a few pellets, sweetcorn and casters, I noticed a few bubbles appearing, after which I landed a small tench of about half a pound on double red. I then lost another good fish which I think was a tench.
The bites weren’t coming particularly quickly, but the next bite on caster produced a lovely tench of about 6lb.
This was followed by a carp on sweetcorn. After a 30 minute battle on pole, 16 hollow elastic and a 5lb hook length, a lovely mirror of about 20lb came to the net.
A great morning despite only landing three fish. Simon Warbrook