Afternoon and evening up Lacock. 19-07-20

Back up to try to catch Chub or Barbel.

I headed down stream in the hope it 

hadn't been fished for a while.

The first swim was a tight one,

surrounded by fallen trees and branches.

I used the Center Pin real,

hoping to get more practice

with casting accurately.

Well I had plenty of practice 

but no interest at all.

I moved about 20 meters up stream,

but after 3 rigs lost I decided to

move on to another swim.

This one I knew was clear of snags.

I tried to get the fish to come out

of the reeds which covered 

about 3/4 of the river width.

It is surrounded by trees which

gave it plenty of shade from the sun.

Once again no knock, taps or tip

pull rounds.

So after an other hour passed

I moved on.

Another fallen tree swim

and again no rod tip movement was seen.

There were plenty of birds moving about,

including Swans, Kingfishers, Wren,s Swifts,

Chaffinch and plenty more.

So on to swim five,

This one is usually  banker for

a fish or two.

More fallen and overhanging trees

but again no interest.

Another move to the final swim.

Here I did manage a few tip taps

and knocks 

but nothing in the net.

By now the the bats were having a great

time feeding on the hatching winged bugs,

the Tawny Owls were also very vocal so it was time

to head home and admit defeat.