After recent excesses, today was pretty quiet for me and the four other anglers on the lake. one who spent more time spodding than fishing. I scaled down to a single grain of corn after initial inaction to stimulate  a 2oz and then a a spunky 6oz roach. There was no future in this tiddler-bashing so I switched swims to throw a method feeder at the reliability of the island.  With still nothing more than the very occasional  indistinct line bite, I chopped and changed 'twixt float and feeder trying to break my luck. It worked. I wound back what I presumed was debris around the feeder to find I'd caught a crucian carp, a slightly battered 2lb 4oz, more passive than the feeblest of bream and the first I've caught since the 1970's! It's been a long wait and frankly,  in all honesty, was barely worth it.

So continued a largely inactive day until disturbed by a rude sharp bite and a 10lb 4 oz mirror. A nice end to a slightly disappointing day.  Despite the crucian that I've been chasing for sooo long.