River Blythe.
3:40pm to 6-10pm.
Rain shower on arrival, cleared quickly. 12C. River normal level and clear.
Fished 3 swims.
An odd session. 3 bites.
One strike to find zero resistance.
Another bite saw resistance and a quick pull out.
The last action was a hook up at last knockings. After a quick tussle I thought I'd got lucky, but the chub did me over in a nearside snag and my lead was flung upwards into the tree canopy above.
Tail between legs, I had to take another blank.
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!
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.
