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A couple of modest ladies Nov 8

The Flying Tench

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3.45-4.45pm

 

What to do? A sharp drop in temperature, an inch of rain in the last day or so, and the afternoon bright and clear, unlike the forecast. Also I was even more short of time than usual. I played safe and went down to the Lambourn. It seemed terribly shallow and clear, and to a non-expert like me it seemed surprising that the EA's decision to lower the weir would improve the fishing. Still, only one way to find out.

 

I trotted maggots and had a couple of half pound grayling and a mini-trout. Not much, but at least I got some practice on the 'pin'. The session ended sooner even than I had expected, as I had forgotten that bad light stops play earlier when you are trotting at a distance.

 

Where on earth are the bigger fish in that clear shallow water, particularly the pike?

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Rusty

The Lambourn doesn't seem to be affected by rain as much as the Kennet John, I understand it's spring fed with little in the way of run off helping to keep levels up. The upside is that once the springs spring levels should be consistent throughout the Winter. Grayling are being caught just downstream of the weir in the Kennet, not huge numbers but more than is usual at that particular stretch, pehaps the weir lowering is working both ways?

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The Flying Tench

Or maybe mainly downwards? Though I can see more fish might go upstream when the levels rise. Let's hope the otter hasn't eaten too many of the better grayling!

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