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23 November
Entry posted by Chris Plumb
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River Lambourn - Newbury
0800 - 1130
Bright after a frosty start - 1st frost of the month. River very low.
29 Grayling, 11 over 1lb (!!). Best 3; 1lb 14oz, 1lb 8oz, 1lb 7oz. 1 Roach - unweighed but needed the net. 1 Brown Trout parr.
Pure co-incidence that my first visit of the season here corresponded to the 1st frosts of winter. Usual catch a couple and move on tactics until I found a pod of sizeable grayling feeding confidently under the branches of a willow. More importantly they were feeding competitively too - so much so that within a couple of minutes of feeding, and not fishing, the water boiled everytime a sprinkling of freebies hit the surface. So it was off with ALL the shot - and switching to white maggot so I could see it easier resulted in a dozen or so fish in no time at all - watching each time for the bait to be taken before striking. All fish came off the bottom to nail the bait within seconds of casting out - exciting stuff! Most of the 1lb+ fish came from this swim including the biggest which I thought HAD to be a 2lber - HUGE dorsal fin - was determined to catch it - even pulling the float out of the water if another lesser fish started to make a bee-line for the hookbait. Funny how it suddenly got smaller when it was in the net!!!
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