River Kennet - Newbury

1830 - 2300

Sunny with temps dropping quite quickly after sun down - but perfectly pleasant under the trees! River still very full.

1 chub 1lb 11oz, 10 dace, 1 roach, 1 gudgeon and a brownie of 2lb 4oz!

A quick return to the swim where I had a barbel on the float yesterday - reasoning that where there's one....! However it was a case of watching the float dip with satisfying regularity for an hour and a half, followed by three hours staring at stationary isotopes - which only moved when bats flew into the line which happened every few seconds for 20 minutes or so around 10.00pm.

So all the fish on the float - the trout gave a good impression of being a barbel - really quite disappointed to coax it all the way up in the current only to see spots and an adipose fin when I eventually got it to the surface! Had intended to stay till midnight - but my first sighting of an otter in nearly 2 years (it nearly ran over my feet!) decided me on an early exit!