First trip to a new venue. 08-09-15

Well at last

I was feeling a lot better and

things at home had settled down.

So I arrived there at just before

06.30

in a lovely thick fog.

I'm up stream from Limply Stoke,

and looking forward to 

the new challenge

of a new area.

 I chose swims with good 

overhangs on both banks.

First problem was my poor casting,

so I had to really concentrate

on getting it right and accurate.

Second was the weed, its pretty

thick and trying to get the bait

down was a real hassle.

Especially as I was using

very light weights. Even trying free lining

between weed beds.

 In most of the swims I saw Chub 

just  sat at the surface, not even feeding.

I tried some surface feeding

and the result was the Chub

just either moved aside or

let the bait go straight over their heads.

 One swim was quite clear of weed mid stream

so I cast over to the far bank, next to the weed,

and one under a near side overhanging tree.

Well that's the spot where

I did manage a few knocks,

and a good take.

The fish went straight under the

the over hang, resulting in

me losing it with a hook pull.

Well that was it, no more interest.

So with only about 20 minutes to

my planed finish time,

I tried a hole in a bank of trees.

I had seen Chub swimming there so

was hopeful I would at least have some interest.

But no, nothing was interested in getting there

heads down.

As can be seen the river was very low, slow and clear.

I packed up at midday. Having tried

5 swims.

I think as I find some deeper swims and 

learn the river better it should be a great venue.