Fish, dogs,dog owners and ducks. 05-03-14

6.30 and I was walking down the hill

to the Frome.

I set up at a swim I used to

fish in the 90's with my then young sons.

There used to be a large fallen tree

which was a great fish magnet.

Now its only 2' deep!

So I decided to move to a deeper swim.

Ground bait was put in, with some maggot, caster,

 worm and hemp freebies.

Then I set up a

1grm float with a size 20 hook.

I tried hard on the bottom and

and trotting the swim.

Trotting was best.

First put-in produced

the largest and fattest Minnow I've ever seen.

This was followed by a good Dace. 

 This carried on for another

hour or so,

by which time I had about

2lb of Roach, Dace and Minnows.

Red and white maggot was best.

Then the nutty dog owners arrived,

(only a small minority nutty mind),

this person thought it would be good

to throw a stick into river about 8 meters 

down from my swim.

SPLOOOSH!

The dog was in for a swim,

that was it, only three more

Minnows were caught by 11.30.

Three more dogs also went

in for an early spring dip.

So off home I went.

 These two Mallards decided to scrounge

for some free food and boy they had a slap

up brunch.

As can be seen in the first duck photo the Frome is

clearing quickly and there was a good flow.

I think part of the problem for

the lack of fish

was

the clear water and bright sun.

Either way I did not enjoy the trip

as much as I had hoped.