Ouch!

Went out for a short

tester run.

Not good no change

the ankle is still

painful.

Plantar Fasciitis?

Well that's whats wrong with my ankle / heel.

Rest, exercises and Ibuprofen gel

is the treatment. 

Well I'll be out next tuesday if all's well.

INJURED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No fishing for now as I've injured my right ankle.

No fishing or running for me for a while.

Its bad news as I've got a 1/2 marathon

run in September and need to train for it.

Last time at Lacock? We'll see. 17-07-14

Yep back up Lacock

for 5.30am.

Then the long trudge to my chosen swims.

At the first I found two Badgers

snuffling around the field.

This one did not see me as walked past.

Only when I got the camera out did it get 

camera shy and leg it. 

 So a gentle flip of the free lined Boillie

down the near bank, and I sat down to wait 

for the fish to take an interest.

Well after 40 minutes or so a

pull on the rod and I had a Chub on.

2lb 10oz.

Great start but no more interest,

and time for swim two.

Now this one usually produces 

a couple of Chub.

But only a 1lb 9oz Chub showed 

it licked my bait.

So swim three,

this was another new swim for me.

Dropping a light ledgered bait

on the far bank under a hangover bush

and a free lined one on the near bank.

This produced the best Chub of the day

2lb 13oz on the free lined bait.

 Shortly after the other rod was hit by a

2lb 11oz fella. 

Then these to young swans

decided it was time for me to move on.

Now it started to brighten up

after a dull start.

So swim four and I could see

7 or 8 Chub up to around 3 1/2lb

could be seen. Again the

the free lined bait was dropped in,

I watched them race around the bait with plenty of

line bites.

They were trying to knock the bait off the

hook, which they managed to do.

So using to small baits, I

Gently dropped them near to some 

weed mid flow.

A few loose feeds were introduced

and that had the desired effect.

A cracking tussle and a 2lb 7oz

chap was on the bank.

The fish had now disappeared.

So next swim and a 2lb 9oz chub

came out to play.

The next swim produced a blank

so a 12 noon I headed home.

Another cracking days fishing.

I have now fished all the swims at the venue

so I'm looking for some where new.

Watch this space.

A pleasant afternoon evening with my son. 10-07-14

Andrew said he would meet me 

up at Lacock at 3pm, 

so I started in the first field under a tree

until he arrived.

I set up a boillie ledgered under a

raft of rubbish.

Then used maggot trotting down

the near side.

This produced around 30

roach,dace, chub, minnow

and perch.

One of the Minnows was taken by 

something which didn't play very hard

but stayed deep.

Eventually it spat the now

rather squashed Minnow out.

I would love to have seen it.

Andrew arrived and off we went to feed a few swims

and the fish them on the back.

In the first few swims there were plenty of rattles

and knocks but nothing on the bank.

A change of rig to give a better

flowing trace style and straight away

the result was different.

The first knock produced a

good pull on the rod and something heavy

was on the end, it pulled like mad

and eventually headed under a fallen log.

This fish was lost as it snagged the rig with the hook length snapping.

In the last swim I finally landed a

better Chub. This one was 1lb 8oz. 

 Then just at last knocking

this 2lb 5oz Chub took the bait.

Well that ended a great evening with good fishing, good surroundings

and very good company.

Roll on the next trip out.

Back to the pole. 03-07-14

Back down to the Bristol Frome

with the pole.

I fished about 10 yards up from

my last trip as there was an other

angler close to it.

Well using the same ground bait

with casters, hemp and sweetcorn

mixed in.

Over that I fed loose maggot, caster

hemp and sweetcorn.

This time I struggled to get a bite, except for

Minnows. I even caught them on size 14 hooks????

Well after an hour or so,

the float just moved very slowly

in circles, an other Minnow,

thinks I.

So I only made a gentle strike,

when the elastic, No5, 

pulled out and kept pulling.

Well this Trout did not realize 

it had been hooked.

It did eventually wake up

and raced around, as Trout do.

It weighed 2lb 9 3/4oz

but I reckon it could 3lb when its got

its condition back. It was really skinny.

The strange thing was it took

sweetcorn at 13 meters.

Well it was back to the Minnows

until around 6pm.

Then I had a Rudd, small Chub

and my first Roach of the season

at 16 meters.

By 6.45 I decided I'd had enough

of Minnows,

shipping 16 meters of pole

in and out is hard work for a Minnow.

The river needs a bit of rain to put some colour flow

the cheer it up.

What a difference a weekend makes. 30-06-14

Decided to try a few more swims

up Lacock way.

So with the usual baits 

plus a new one for me,

I plonked down in the first of

6 swims I would fish at 11.00.

Well that was the start of one of the most 

frustrating days fishing I've had in a long time.

Having fed most of the swims on the way down

to this one.

It was a sweeping bend,

with me on the inside.

There were plenty of Dace, Roach and and small Chub.

I plonked a larger bait on the 

Cabbages over the far side,

with a small bait down the near side.

Straight away, both rods were

dancing around like there was a gale blowing.

Great me thinks something

should be taking my bait soon.

No chance!

Just the tips doing the Cha Cha Cha.

How ever the hour I sat there

I watched the small fish having 

a great time eating the small pellet

I was trickling in.

Tacking a float rod next time.

Well its time to move on and

into the next swim.

Again the same result as the last swim.

This time I did manage 

a chub of 1lb 9 3/4oz.

Again the dancing rod tips

were highly frustrating.

On to swim 3.

SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The same again,

again, dancing tips,

and lots of little fish

up to 1/2lb.

Now on to Peg 4.

This on had a big raft 

that covered the whole

width of the river.

Again one rod to the far bank 

and one under the near bank.

This time the tips didn't move.

By now one thing was very obvious

the there was plenty of signs

that there had been a lot

of fishermen on the banks

since my last visit.

Then on to swim 5,

This is the one I caught a Barbel on last year.

This time I blanked again but with the usual dancing tips.

 Final swim.

Back to the swim I had the big Chub

last time.

Again dancing tips

which did eventually produced a 9oz Chub.

I think I will mainly

trot the river next time

with my light quiver tip

on stand by.