Rusty
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One of the reasons I let my NAA membership go. The club has some good tench waters but all of the fish I've caught have been in a similar condition, I didn't get any enjoyment out of that.
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Barbel once lurked under those willows Chris. I once waded over to the tree which now been removed and trotted past them, didn't catch one but a couple came out and swam upstream by my feet!
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Looks like lots of tree clearance has been undertaken Chris, have the fallen trees upstream of the pic location been taken out too?
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The LS is lower than it should be given the October rain as well Chris, the main river is what I'd expect but not the side stream.
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Have NAA got Padworth back then Chris or are they still sharing the north bank?
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I had small roach almost every cast (which became a nuisance), a jack of about 1lb, a bream of similar size and a perch of maybe 8 oz. Bob reckons he stocked 500 tench to 1lb and 500 crucians last year, he said the crucians were 10 inches average size which seems very expensive to me - and I did double check with him - nobody's caught one yet. There are the usual carp but I also saw a large shoal of bream cruising around for most of the day. I only had maggots so will try different baits next time, it's very well looked after and at £6 for one rod, £10 for two, it's quite good value.
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Life's too short Chris, you never know what's around the corner to stop you fishing, get out when you have the chance. I'm going to Barton Court lake this week, the first place I fished when I moved to Oxfordshire 15 years ago. Don't know what's in there and don't care, I'll be sitting watching a float.
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Might well have been my hook. I lost a decent fish at chub corner to a parted hook length. Schoolboy error, rod held too low when I thought the fish was beaten then it had one last surge.
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I wouldn't wait until summer Chris, might be worth one barbel attempt this season? I saw the second fish I lost and it was a chub but I didn't see the first one, I assume it was a chub but......
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Thank you for the day out Chris, it was brilliant! I was dead chuffed with my choice of first swim, the chub were there but having hooked a couple on the float I failed to land one. I wonder whether that pool needs to be explored with a feeder setup?
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Have we still just got access to short section before the fence Chris (the paddock?) or were you on the opposite bank?
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Good on you for braving it Chris, I did wonder whether you'd be able to resist another trip there. I was quiver tipping for chub on the Thames, trotting would have been no fun in yesterday's conditions. A 5-14 gracing the net vindicated the choice of tactics.
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A good result Chris on a day when most people struggled. My return was nine grayling to 1-13 and two chub both 3-05, I think that's my best ever day there, always found the venue tricky. A very enjoyable occasion and a nice sum raised too;
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I'd spend some time with the flake/feeder/mash approach John. Once the roach become confident in taking the bread bites will be as regular as when using maggots and in my opinion a better stamp of fish will be the result. I'm new to it but plan to try the upstream ledgering method with bread a lot more over the coming winter. On Sunday the Thames roach were feeding very enthusiastically and it took me back to the days of my youth when you could find them in most waters, the prospect of a 2lb'er is every bit as exciting as a 7lb chub or 4lb perch.
Forgot to mention that I found a size 16 hook with a small piece of flake pinched around it to be about right. I had another rod out with a much larger hook/flake combination for chub but nothing was interested in that.
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Nice to meet up Chris. I had a similar perch return just around the corner from you in a shaded swim and just one dace from the canal lower down. Boat traffic was heavier than I thought it would be with hire boats having to get back to the mooring sharpish. Witnessed some hapless boaters trying to fill a lock with a downstream paddle wide open, it was so amusing I had to watch for a couple of minutes before I told them.
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Well done Chris, nice to see the crucians coming out, pretty little things aren't they. I tried that swim early season but blanked, there are quite a few lilies in the lake but in most swims the tape stops you fishing to them. If I remember correctly that’s one of the few spots where you can. Did you do that or was it MF tactics?
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Let's call it a crucian John. Congratulations, you are the British record holder, I will personally endorse your s'tifcate. I'm no night fisherman either, even when I have managed to set everything up correctly and caught something it's not been an enjoyable experience. I need to see what's going on.
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A 'B+' overall but could've done better :-)
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Chris, thank you very much for the day out, it was a pleasure fishing with you Sir!
A great blog entry, nothing I can add but a photo of my first swim, I was so engrossed it was the only pic I took all day. On reflection going to the weedrack once light levels were up might have been a mistake, we should’ve saved that for a dusk perching session (but then you may not have encountered the big dace).
Hope your discussions with the keeper went well.
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I'm glad you liked it Ken and really pleased that it brought back some pleasant memories.
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Brilliant pic Chris, is that from your phone or a proper camera? I agree with your wife.
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Think I had an encounter with your over-ambitious pike yesterday Chris. It was on for a couple of minutes before the hook pulled and I got a good look, at least a double.
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Cracking session Chris, well done!
Sort of blows my theory that bigger perch prefer the slack water of lock cuts.
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Well done John! Sounds very similar to the session I had on Sunday afternoon - all roach of a good stamp though I didn't catch as many as you (too busy teasing JV44 and Steve Walker about the micro perch they were catching). I wonder if we were in the same lock cut?
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RDAA have Wylies Lake behind the bowling alley just outside of Thatcham, day tickets are available from their website at £10. Used to be very good for tench and although I don't think it's quite as prolific now there are still good fish to be had. It gets very weedy, a great place for practicing your raking skills. Other than Wylies I'm not sure of many other local venues with a good head of tench, shame really, one of my favourite species.