Summer is over and the signs of a mellowing into Autumn mists and the sweet damp smells of dank decay.
Tench still occupy my thoughts and when I can on the float and a pin. I can forgive this one for picking up my down the edge wafter 45 minutes after the first slip up to a 'proper' method. Greedy fecker.
The river is still there and closer to home but the bankside vegetation is a nightmare and if you do beat down a gap the reeds are often bank to bank. The fish are there in numbers though which hasn't been the case for a few years. Lets hope these horrid v marks don't herald waves of the black plague croaking in on an unfriendly East wind.
Often though the fish are scale perfect. There are roach everywhere.
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Perch, chub and dace too.
'Proper' dace too, I didn't weigh this one yesterday but I'd like to catch it again in the back end of the season for sure
Cracking dace. Lovely write up, makes me want to go fishing!!
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DeleteWaktastic. Good to see numbers of river fish in great nick.
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Bastard things
DeleteNice mixed bag there boh,I am currently fishing Postal and telecom waters which I am sure you are familiar with, unfortunately the match pit has been subject to the boilie and bivvy mob for some years but managed to winkle out some quality tench,the cricket pit is still good for a few species and have had much success including cypry type bycatch,might try their stretch of the stour at Nayland this winter .tight trousers and wet wellies.
DeleteGood work. If you get a mud pig just chuck it back next to the bivvy boys. Give the river a good go,
DeleteNice bit of variety there.
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