River Kennet - Hambridge

1345 - 1515

Warm (21ºC but felt warmer!), overcast with some fine drizzle at times. River at usual summer levels.

1 Chub; 2½lb. 16 Dace - a few chunky ones but nothing to trouble the scales, 6 Roach - ditto. 2 Bleak.

Quick, unplanned session - as the apocalyptic amounts of rain forecast for today didn't materialise! Nearly a chubless session too as the usual tactics of 'bait & wait' failed due, mainily I think, to a surfeit of bleak that were nailing all the free offerings before they had a chance to sink in the water column and drift downstream. Pleased to eventually get one pretty much last cast.