Harris Lake - Marsh Farm Fishery - Nr Godalming

0700 - 1900

Bright but mainly overcast with some sunny intervals particularly around the middle of the day. Temps upto 17ºC. WT 16ºC. Quite breezy at first (isn't it always here!)

20 roach & rudd and 3 perch - and that er was it!!!

Bit of an epic fail!! Paul and I were after some late summer/early autumn crucians but we didn't have a sniff of one all day - despite a total of 48 rod hours and countless (well 11! ) different baits and tactics. I spurned my only 2 chances of something decent, once when I lost a fish due to a folded maggot over the hook point and once when my float shot under and my 1¾lb hook length instantly parted. I thought I'd set my clutch light enough - I thought wrong! Both lost fish almost certainly tench. Paul didn't even have the encouragement of a bite from anything decent - though had the added frustrations of fish occaisionally rolling in his swim!

Some pics - of a nice sun rise and a hot air balloon to follow (well I haven't got any fish to show off!)