13th July - Fly Fishing for Bass. Pembrokeshire.

The Family holiday. An early morning attempt at catching bass on the fly. Despite a rising tide, and loads of sandeels around, I managed to catch nowt. I spotted a pollack and what looked like a sea trout leaping from the waves around 50 yards out - well out of range. A beautiful spot though, good for wildlife spotting.

Tried again the following day on a different beach. Very fishy looking but still no joy.

The following morning was the last chance as the early tide was getting later and the sun would be too high. I took a plug rod as well and started before light but still nothing.

I've managed to catch at this spot before on the fly and it looked fishy as hell, so I can only assume that there were either too many sandeels or too few bass.

A three day blank!