With just a week left of the moving water season, I probably should have spent my 3-hours in a river or canal, but given the blanks lure fishing on my last two Tuesdays and the pretty strong winds, I pitched for the  comparative shelter of my tree-lined default location, Willows. Sorry guys.

But it was a good move. The fish turned out to be where I suspected they might and in that short session came 7 carp: Mirrors of 6lb, 10lb then 6lb 10 and Commons of 5lb, 6lb 8, 2lb 12 and 7lb 10. Four of the fish came in the last half hour. What fun!

Never try and repeat a success, they say, but that wind was still blowing next day and well, with fish you never know. My 6-hour session brought the same number of fish. Commons of 8lb 4, 3lb 14, 7lb 2 and 6lb 14 plus a chunky Mirror of 7lb 2 and two beaming bream of 6lb 12 and 5 lb 2.

I might have got blown to bits by the incessant wind, but almost 90lbs of fish in 9 hours made it very much worthwhile