9.7.21 - Alders and Greenham Mill runoff
Part 1: an early start in 'Dead Carp Corner' at Alders with the SW breeze blowing into my face. Had four tench between 3lb and 4lb 14 through the day on artificial corn/orange wafter (1 on float close in, the others on method feeder, all up against the lilies. Also had a hard-fighting bream, yes bream, of 5lb 8. This represents a par day at Alders - it seems impossible to peg down a shoal of the bream. I swapped to light float and maggot for an hour and caught 14 feisty perch (up to 6 ounces) and a roach. I planned to move on at 1:30 and, while packing up the rod tip went berserk. I wound in thinking I'd missed it, to find a four-ounce roach on the end.
I'd expected the water at the mill to be less shallow after recent rain, but it was shallower than ever. Using my 15ft rod as whip, in not much time I pulled out 33 bleak, a 4-ounce dace, 2 small roach and 19 minnows. Not a great bag, but the chub, trout and - possibly - grayling I think must be in there, were absent again. I'll give it a couple more goes, living as I do about 500 yards away.
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