A slightly disappointing end to a month which brought almost 400lb of fish - my best month to date.

Had 2 Commons and 2 Mirrors, all around the 5-6lb mark, but that was half the story. I had two more snap brand-new 9lb hooklinks  and lost three more on the wind in.

I thought I'd appeased the fish gods too, by passing my rod soon after hooking a fish to a nice young  boy who, fishing on his own in the swim next to me, had apparently fished all day for a small bream. Half way through their fight however, the fish exchanged itself for a branch in the way that they do. I repeated the offer on the next bite and am pleased to report that he landed a nice 7lb-er a few minuted before his mum arrived to pick him up.