A clearing river 22-02-14

Well the call of the river bank was calling,

so I trundled up the M4 to Lacock.

The Avon was well down and clearing fast,

the flow was steady.

I decided to head up stream and fish a couple of new swims.

The first was a total waste of time as it was

full of snags. So with four hook lengths left behind,

I moved down stream to a swim I had fished before.

This one did show a bit of life

and after 45 minutes

I landed this 4lb 14 1/4oz

Chub.

That breeze was a bit chilly at times

I then moved down stream

fishing 4 further swims with out even a touch.

All these swims had produced before 

but not a touch.

This photo is another swim I had not tried before

which proved to be quite shallow.

Again nothing showed any interest.

So for the last hour I popped into the swim I caught

my Barbel in the summer.

This proved empty as well,

but did show that the floods have

cleared a lot of the rubbish and cover.