Never try to repeat a success, they say, so after my over 150lb haul at Willows yesterday, I thought I'd give the carp a rest and pit my newly discovered angling skills at Dobsons.

Patches of feeding bubbles punctuated my swim all morning, but bites were of a premium no matter what method or bait I tried to tempt them with.

Ended up with a tench of 3lb 10 and two bream of 1lb 2 and 5lb. Bit of an anticlimax I suppose, though I did get hook something big towards the end that shot for the snags at 100mph and despite 12lb line, that was that.