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A friend said that he thought my posting about Amity was just being a proud grandfather. Then he listened to Amity's first single, Bite Me. He said it wasn't just good but PHENOMENAL (his capitals). Amity won the final of Futuremakers for young singer/songwriters at the Royal Albert Hall, and is back there for a solo show in the Elgar Room on Tuesday July 15th. Tickets are just £10 direct from the Royal Albert Hall website. He's being hailed as "the next Adele", so his future performances won't be so inexpensive!

Amity sold out the Elgar Room Amity at the Royal Albert Hall and the standing ovation just went on and on and on......... Amity's now taking this show to the Durham Festival next week. Details at https://durhamfringe.co.uk/events/bite-me/ He's also doing a solo show at the Durham Festival. See https://durhamfringe.co.uk/performances ... the-brink/

Not imitation grubs but; I’ve just sent off for some VMC 7237B Light Inline Single Barbless hooks in sizes 10; 8 & 6 so that I can change the hooks on some very small plugs that I bought for catching some Chub; to single. Hooks, something I’ve been promising myself for a long time. The next time you see them they’ll have single hooks. Let’s just hope the chub like them. Keith

A shopping trolley is cheaper and has other uses.

No we are few now not sure if Newts still going but there's few going from the start .I pop over to Elton's car site now and again but I think driving is behind me now unless I can find a cheap non existent zundapp and sidecar to relive my yooof ,they are rarer than hens teeth I have never seen another combo since I sold mine!

Harris Lake - Marsh Farm fishery, Milford. 0600 - 2245 Warm with bright sunshine for most of the day - clouding over somewhat for the last 3-4 hours of daylight (thankfully!) AT, a chilly 5ºC when I arrived, highs of around 24ºC and 16ºC when I drove off a little after a 11pm. 12 Tench. Various sizes over 2lb with 4 over 4lb - biggest 5lb 12oz. 2 Crucians; both pounders though not by a lot. A doz roach and rudd - mainly rudd with sizes ranging from tiny up to a rudd of 14oz. Annual get together of the IAC and it was great to see faces old and new and remember those that are no longer with us. Today would have been Paul's 65th birthday hence why I chose it for the date of the 10th crucian fish-in. I think most folks caught 'something' with quite a few tench showing , biggest I heard of was Geoff's tinca of 6lb 8oz. The goal though is to get a crucian as the trophy goes to the biggest one caught and they were noticeable by their absence - unless you were in Peg 37. Alex drew this peg and put us all to shame by catching no fewer than 18 crucians - the only one out of 16 anglers to get one! His biggest was a modest 1lb 8oz so Alex wins the trophy for a 2nd time with a fish just half as big as his 2019 win. I caught mainly roach and rudd but fished on with Gary after everyone else had left and eventually manged to winkle out a couple of crus amongst the plethora of tench. Gary managed a 2lb 3oz warrior literally last cast (we agreed to pack up at 1045pm so as to be on the road home by 1100pm and he had this fish at 2243!) Here's to next year - and I might bring my own signs this time to say the lake is booked (I had to kick off 4 interlopers, as whilst the booking was on the match calendar on the website it wasn't on the fishery noticeboard!) My biggest.

Middle Kennet Weir Pool, Marsh Benham 0500 - 1100 Warm and sunny - though feeling a tad chilly when I arrived. AT 10º - 24ºC. River low and looking a little threadbare. 9 Chub; 3lb 3oz. a 'pounder' and 7 chublets. 1 Bream; 2lb 4oz. 2 Doz Dace; all a 'nice' size but nothing particularly noteworthy. 5 Roach; small. 2 Rainbows both 2lb (and possibly the same fish!), 1 Brownie C½lb. Pleasant morning's trotting by the shade of the bankside trees - hadn't realised how warm it had got until I walked back to the car! Nearly all fish from the weir pool apart from the 3lb chub which was from further downstream. An otter came up through as I was packing up - swam through the pool and scampered up the weir to head upstream!

Warwick's Water - Thatcham 1830 - 2300 Warm and sunny. AT 21º - 14ºC. 2 Tench: 2lb 13oz & 1½lb. 1 Perch 1lb 9oz. Summer tench campaign on this water starts with a (half) decent perch - my first over a lb from the water - which is rumoured to hold MUCH bigger ones! The perch came early in the session when the sun was still one the water and I wasn't really expecting a bite. Both tench, however, were caught after 2130.

I'm sorry to hear this, another one of the good guys gone. My condolences to his family RIP

Very sad news RIP; my thoughts go out to his family Keith

Very sad news to hear, I never met him personally but i did flog him a good number of Porcie' floats a couple of times ! My sincere and heartfelt condolences to Johns family and friends.

Awful news I never met John but he always came across as a fun and top fella. Another one of the Anglers Net legends sadly gone. Best thoughts and wishes to Johns family.

Terrible news. Condolences to John's friends and family.

Cubed, Braised Lamb's Liver, (left over from last Thursday's Tea) Also worked, & got me 3 decent (Just what you need in a Match) size Carp on "Method".

Good to hear that they are good Martin I’ll give them a try for the Tench and Crucians on my local estate lake. Keith

Hi Keith, a quick update from Sunday (29th) at Moor Monkton Lakes in the Match. I caught a nice Bream, well over 3Lb using the Mealworms, 3 in a baitband on Method Feeder. I gave my mate a couple of handfuls, and he caught a couple of F1's (shallow on Pole) near the end of the match. They Also make Great "Banded Hair Stops" cut in half and slipped in the band after pulling through Meat, Or straight forward Hair. So Keith, yes I can say they Do work, and maybe could do even Better on a "Different Given Day". Just remember the "Near On, Boiling Water" to soften them before "1st Use" & just leave to cool on their own at home, And can re-freeze as many times you like. They'll stand, plain Hooking as well !! Ready to go fishing "Anytime you Want", without a visit to Tackle Shop (which Don't sell Mealworms and are Only from Pet Food shops or Online Sold, to the Little Bald fella, with the 8 Foot "Tele' Rods", (who has all the Long Stuff as well !!)

Decided to give the rivers a miss last night as all of the best bits will be packed on the first day of the season; so instead my son and I decided to have a couple of hours fishing at our clubs local estate lake instead; after Stuart had finished work at around 5pm. When we got there we were the only people there and it was really hot, there was just a couple of Carp visible near the surface and they were not feeding so we didn’t expect them to start feeding in earnest till around 8 or 9pm and we were right; as around 8pm my son Stuart had a very nice Common Carp and at around 8:30 I had a nice Common Carp too. My swim Stuarts Carp My Carp It was still 20.5 degrees when we started to pack up after I caught the second Carp at around 8:45pm and it would have been a perfect night for an all nighter. Maybe next time Keith

25 years! I remember you contacting me about the fishing database before the site even started. Happy days Now, health problems mean I haven't been fishing for years, though I live in hope of visiting the local park pond sometime in the near future. I've been away from here for too long, but am back now