Summer Pit - CEMEX Yateley Complex

1900 - 0200

Warm, muggy evening - despite clear skies - really lovely night to be out. Temps down to 13ºC when I left but felt MUCH warmer under the trees - this place has its own micro-climate it seems!

1 Bream; 8lb 4oz. 1 Tench; 3lb 0oz.

An evening which started optimistically as there was quite a bit of activity when I arrived - a few fish bubbling and topping and the fry were getting hammered by preds - mainly perch I think. However dusk came and went without a hint of a bite on either rod and I was starting to make plans for an early night (and excuses for my 1st ever blank here) when at 2230 my margin rod was pulled in with a savagery which belied the size of the fish. Male tincas do punch above their weight and I was fortunate that I was able to grab the butt of the rod before I lost it! My renewed alertness was soon eroded as further bites came there none! I had planned to fish till around midnight and the church clock had struck 12 when I was starting to gather my things together for a 'slow pack up'! I was just about to reel in when I started getting liners. The float dithered and dipped for ages (well around ½ hour) before it suddenly disappeared and I was into that deadweight 'fight' that could only be a bream! Yet another 8lber - 4th of the summer (plus of course that 12lber back in July). Of course this was then a cue to fish on - but with coffee supplies exhausted and no further bites, 2 chimes on the church clock meant it was time for bed!

ps - Saw 2 really spectacular meteors last night - one was a string of 'globules' burning up in the atmosphere the other a really long bright streak!