14 July
Entry posted by Chris Plumb in Coarse Fishing
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River Kennet - Brimpton
1800 - 2200
(2½hrs trotting followed by 1½hrs on the lead)
Warm, sunny evening. 24ºC when I arrived, 16ºC when I packed up.
1 Chub - small. 2 Dace. 4 Brownies; 2lb 12oz, a 'pounder' and a couple half that.
An evening trotting for chub nearly ended chubless - for which I place the blame firmly at the door of Mr Trout! First bites in both my first 2 (out of 3) swims had an adipose and all of them chose to go airborne - the biggie repeatedly so which really buggered up my first pitch. Eventually snaffled a couple of dace which while quite chunky didn't trouble the scales before eventually getting a chub all be it not a whole lot bigger than the dace. Then spent 90 mins looking at a couple of stationary quivers - not a hint of a bite - alas. However I was treated to the sight of a barn owl quartereing the field opposite - and on the stroke of 10pm Mr Otter came through my swim - signalling it was time to pack up!
Edited by Chris Plumb
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