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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.