12 March
Entry posted by Chris Plumb
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River Kennet, K&A Canal, 'Flowing' Canal, Thatcham
0630 - 1800
Mild, neigh, warm at times under a milky sun (and out the wind). Clouding over mid afternoon. WT 51ºF.
4 Chub; 5lb 11oz, 5lb 4oz, 4lb 14oz, 4lb 2oz. (4 fish for 20lb give or take an ounce!) 6 Dace; ALL over 8oz (!) biggest 11oz. 2 Grayling; 1lb and the other was not far shy. Pike 5lb 1oz. Trout 3lb.
A peripatetic day with 5 venue changes and over a dozen swims fished - yet all the time within earshot of Thatcham level crossing! Swims new and old both came up trumps. Biggest chub of the day was from a swim I'd never fished before (and just after I'd scaled down to an 18 after the dace). In fact all the chub were from different swims - with 2 old favourites producing one a piece and 2 new swims also throwing up a fish. Dace were very much in full spawning condition - and mainly sandpapery males (5/6 were definitely males). Spent last hour hoping for a big stripey - but just as last Saturday could only manage a 5lb pike.
A Pair of Fives.
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