A big fat non-blank!
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River Lambourn, Saturday 7th January 2012
Probably my best ever session at this venue in terms of numbers of fish caught. I’ve managed larger grayling elsewhere on this river but can’t remember the last time I accounted for 30 fish.
Usual MO, start at the top and work downstream expecting to catch a couple here and there. That’s how it panned out until I got towards the end of the first section where I found a slack water area right next to a fast glide, it was packed with grayling and throwing in loosefeed just resulted in loads of underwater flashes as the fish competed for the bait. Even I could catch here so I filled my boots (literally, I paddled out too far!) until my conscience got the better of me and I moved on.
There was no respite at the next swim, a fast gravely section maybe six inches deep with a significant drop to deeper water at the end. The grayling were shoaled up in the deeper hole and it was a fish a chuck, the best may have nudged the needle to a pound but most were below that. It was great fun at first but after half an hour it just didn’t feel right catching these fish, there was enough water for them to move but they weren’t going anywhere, they stayed fifteen feet from where I was stationed mid river.
By way of penance (and in preference to self flagellation) I shall be back on the Kennet tomorrow trying a beautiful stretch which has never been that kind to me (not Speen). If today is anything to go by I’ll be reporting numerous 6lb chub and a couple of ‘double’ barbel thrown in for good measure.
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