Blythe

River Blythe. 

3:40pm to 5:40pm. 

Drizzle, cleared late on. 2C. River low and clear.

Fished 2 swims.

Blank.

Miserable effort to match the dreary weather. Best left at that!

Double Header

Part 1 - Estate Lake 

12:40pm to 2:20pm.

Water coloured.

Deadbaited for pike.

1 rod. 

Blank.

Part 2 - River Blythe. 

3:40pm to 5:20pm. 

Fished 2 swims.

2 chub. Meatball. 3lb 3oz and 4lb 3oz.

Estate lake was more of a recce to see if there are any signs of life in winter. And there were fish topping throughout. Just no activity on my exploratory deadbait rod. 

Probably a mistake as the water was heavily coloured. But I wanted to force myself to do something different. I started to nod off, so it was time to leave. 

The Blythe was in good nick though, fining down from much higher levels earlier in the week.

The above gave a great scrap from a hit and hold (and hope!) swim. At one point my lead was dangling like a Christmas tree decoration from a nearside bush, while the chub had embedded itself in a snag below.

With a prod from the landing net in a chubby direction, a deft flick of the rod tip to free the lead and it was game on again. I won soon after, but the end tackle suffered damage and barely held out.  It needed a total change. All good fun though.

Still enjoying these short river sessions. Chub are a real saviour right now.

Blythe

River Blythe. 

3:30pm to 5:20pm. 

Cold (inching towards 0C on leaving), but calm, bright &  dry.

Water quite clear, normal level.

Fished 2 swims.

1 chub about 2.5lbs on meatball.

Wasted lots of time on a recce of a part of the Blythe I hadn't seen before. Interesting, but didn't quite grip me enough to go all in and try it. One for another day when conditions are better suited to it. Returned to familiar pastures for another brief dabble into dusk.

Memo to self: do something different next time! This is getting a bit repetitive. 

Blythe

River Blythe. 

3:10 pm to 5 :05pm. 

Cold (0C), but calm, overcast &  dry.

Water clear, normal level.

Fished 3 swims.

2 chub. 3lb 15oz & 4lb 5oz. Both on meatball. 

All the ice from the previous week had cleared due to temperatures picking up throughout the week. But, it went much cooler again to start the weekend, but being calm, it was actually quite pleasant.

Blythe

River Blythe. 

3:15pm to 5pm. 

!#☆%ing Cold (-2C).

Water a little coloured, normal level.

Fished 1 swim.

Blank.

River had dropped nicely in the week, following severe flooding across the whole county at the start of the week  Cold weather remained  all week though - by far the coldest snap of the winter so far.

Probably madness to even attempt it. Rod rings icing up towards the end of the short session. 

Blythe

In a change of habit for 2025, I'll attempt to post something after each session. Very few words, mainly pictures. 

River Blythe. 

3pm to 5pm. 

Cold (1C).

Water clear, normal level.

Fished 3 swims. 

1 chub at last knockings. 3lb 15oz. Legered meatball.