26.8.22 - Willows
Entry posted by Bayleaf the Gardener in Willows
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After last Friday's bumper haul, I'm keen to give it a go in the same swim. There's a slight chill in the air first thing which perhaps explains the lack of the fishy surface movement seen last week. It's fairly quiet on the bottom too, though 'takes' at 6:30 and 7:30 both end with fish dropping off the hook after several minutes of playing. Later in the morning, my luck changes, and in come a 7lb 2 common, tench of 2lb 6 and 21lb 10. Then a mirror of 7lb 10 and more commons of 6lb 10, 6lb 4, 7lb 7 and 8lb 8 all before midday.
Then the fish gods take against me, and though I see the carp patrolling up and down as they did last Friday, I get nothing more than 3 strong takes that didn't 'hook' and yet another dropped fish on its way in. And yes, I did check the hook and it was sharp. The rest of the afternoon was spent grimacing at the hideous amount of greenbottles all persisting in standing on my drying landing net
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