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Had a quick evening window to clear some annoying briars overhanging the tank trap blocks, so took  a trotting rod for afters. Broke  landing net pole on said briars but cleared most of the miscreants. It's a lovely pool but depending on which sluices are open you often have to trot back on your self and not always  easy to get the float into that sweet spot where the pace drops then doubles back on itself. Looking at the dried sweetcorn and silkweed on the block someone probably had been ledgering to get round the problem . I could have gone worm bounced down  on a SSG link but as I had no net didn't want to increase the chances of hooking  something that might need it and 5 feet up no way of beaching anything. If I got it right then bingo, hand sized dace and one pretty roach,, if not  then tiny dace in the faster flow. Just one chublet, and  a nice one too. Hand lined it in just in case...

A lot of verges are going over now as the grass takes over but in poorer soils everything is rushing to set seed whilst it can. View out of window parked up for a zoom call. Please, please, make then stop.....