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NAA Stillwater - Widmead1330 - 0600Warm and Sultry - fresher in the morning!8 Carp; Best 8lb 10oz - almost all the others were circa 6lb. 8 Roach, 4 Rudd and a Perch.Very slow night - especially as neither Paul or I caught anything that we were actually fishing for - tench or bream. Nearly all my fish fell to float fished maggot right under my rod tip...

River Kennet - Nr Thatcham1945 - 2345Clear warm evening. River full and looking in very good nick with a little colour. Shirtsleeves all evening - lovely!!!1 Barbel; 4lb 14oz. 2 Dace and a spottie of a round ¾lb.Took the trotting rod - to save Rusty from having to compose another headline - though in truth the dace weren't exactly playing...

NAA Stillwater - Widmead0430 - 0830Murky low cloud with sun breaking through. 11-14ºC2 carp; 7lb 3oz, 5lb 13oz. 10 rudd.Fruitless morning chasing crucians and/or tench. If the rudd didn't nail the bait the commons did - both took an age to land on my float tackle.

River Kennet - Newbury2000 - 2330Breezy with clearing skies after (yet another) rainy day. Min 15ºC - felt very pleasant. River looking in superb nick, fuller than I've seen it for many a summer and running quite clear too.3 Barbel; 3lb 15ox, 3lb 4oz, 2lb 6oz. 2 Chub 1lb 13oz, 1lb 10oz.So maybe not the biggest fish in the river but after last Monday...

River Kennet - Thatcham0645 - 1100Broken cloud - mainly sunny - makes a change!   Temp only upto 15ºC but felt nice to have some sun on my face at last!! River very full but with surprisingly little colour!1 Chub; 1¾lb, 11 dace - all a 'nice' size, 2 spotties - a par and a fish of around ¾lb.A morning's trotting in the company...

River Kennet, Nr Thatcham1930 - 2315Cool, overcast some light drizzle at times - more like October than mid-July!Blanked!!Cue another Rusty faux headline!!! Shocked on 2 counts when I arrived. The first was not being able to even get in the car park - full of anglers cars. And the second was the state of the river - really coloured...

NAA Stillwater - Widmead.0400 - 0800Soggy!! Not actually raining for most of the trip (though tipped it down at the end of it) - but sat under the trees it was drip, drip, drip all morning!!2 Carp; 7lb 12oz, 5lb15oz. ½doz or so rudd, 1 roach.Frustrating morning after crucians. Had fishing rolling in my swim 3 or 4 times but the rudd were i...

River Kennet - Newbury1945 - 0000Dull, overcast with fine drizzle. Quite 'warm' (15ºC), really felt quite snug under the trees! River looks in fine fettle - though carrying a little colour.2 Chub 2lb 15oz, 2lb 2oz.An evening ledgering for barbel, but not disappointed to 'only' get a couple of blank saving, schooly chub. Bigger one firs...

Bucklebury Ponds1000 - 1300Breezy, overcast with frequent light showers.3 Carp; all between 3-4lb. 2 Bream; both circa 2lb. A dozen+ roach and perch - mainly perch plus a roach/bream hybred of around 1lb.Quick morning visit to my 'local'. Carp were actually a bit of a menace - took an age to land on light tackle and suspect they were bullying the...