Mahoosive brown

Short session on the syndicate stretch this afternoon despite the Arctic blast. Strong up streamer and heavy flow through the narrow bridge made for a very turbulent pool. 

30gm Black cap feeder on a short link and 3lb Bayer through to a #16 Drennan Super Specialist. Double red maggot  Dropped down to an 1oz tip as I was expecting roach or dace. Lobbed the feeder down the inside of the back eddy and an almost instant sharp pull missed.  Couple  of casts then an unmissable, which did stay on. Bombing round and after a few surges into the main flow a slightly battered brownie of about two pounds was in the net. Slipping it back when another member went past. His companion had had one a bit bigger down the stretch a bit earlier on a dead bait.

Stood in my bait box in the kerfuffle and my pint of reds was mostly in the mud. Still enough to have  a few casts and again a decent stab round and something a whole bit bigger was heading out into the heavy flow.  Quite a gallery gathered on the bridge as the fish took a long tour of the pool and  the  crowd actually cheered when the fish, a huge brownie just about fitted in the net. An absolute beast, in really good condition apart from a deformed dorsal and a nip to the upper lobe of the tail, an escapee from an otter no doubt. 6lb.12oz. Lovely colours. Pictures done and I felt I'd done my work for the day.