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Biggest of the season so far

Feb 3rd - Canalised section of the Kennet   Thought I'd have another go at the chub on this stretch of the Kennet, hoping to achieve my target of a 6lb'er before the end of the season.   Once again I walked to the fishery limit and baited a number of swims with mash before fishing them in rotation. I was slightly disapointed to find someone fishing one of my preferred swims from the opposite bank, but a quick chat revealed he hadn't had anything as yet. The weather was seriously cold,
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Should have stayed at home.

Jan 30th - Speen Moors   Decided to have a days piking, and chose Speen as the location due to its fairly good reputation as a pike water and as I wanted to explore a bit more of the stretch.   Fished a number of swims throughout the day but didn't receive any action other than a crayfish that had obviously forgotten how cold it was and decided to come out of his slumber. Ashamed to say I also left early due to the biting wind.. I don't normally feel the cold but this was beyond ridiculou
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Another surprise

22nd Jan - Kennet and K&A canal.   Got back out for a short stint on the river before going home via the canal for a couple of hours perching at dusk.   Visited another new stretch to me, just upstream of one that I'd fished previously, with the boundaries separated by a busy road bridge.   I walked the short stretch with the intention of fishing as I have been recently... baiting a number of swims with mashed bread and fishing for 15mins with either a feeder or light link-ledger ov
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A chub on the bank, but a loss that will haunt me.

20th Jan - Canalised section of the Kennet   So after exploring new beats ended in disaster a couple of days ago, I thought it best to stick to a stretch of river that I knew for today.   Visited a canalised section that I used to fish a good few years ago, albeit from the opposite bank. Baited a number of swims with mashed bread and fished them in rotation for 15 minutes each. By the time I reached my final baited swim I hadn't had so much as a touch, and had rather lost confidence, i
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Just another day in my life..

18th Jan - Speen Moors and the K&A canal.   After rekindling my interest in fishing the rivers and fishing a few sessions on a stretch that I'm familiar with I decided to give Speen a shot. Having read a fair bit about it in Chris and Rusty's respective blogs I decided to take a loaf of bread and wander around to get an idea of the swims etc.   Things didn't start ideally... I'd loaded up with tackle after baiting a few swims and just two steps from the car I slipped and ended up with
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An introduction

Hello all,   I've only recently joined the forum but after becoming encompassed by Chris Plumb and Rusty's blogs I've decided that it would be nice to set up one of my own.   I guess to get the ball rolling I should set the scene a little.. I'm 23 years old, living in Wiltshire but doing most of my fishing in Berkshire, both on the Kennet and the surrounding lakes. I've been an angler around 15 years on and off, with the last 10 years or so seeing me on the bank at every opportunity.  
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