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A last chance to make amends for the month. My nerdy spreadsheet shows that June 2021 brough a total weight of 221lbs 7oz, while this crummy month has limped to 118lb 2oz with just this session to go. Regular readers will know that I've being finding it quite scratchy for weeks now, and tonight was no different. The wind which has accompanied so many of my recent trips was here again, blowing hard from the south causing a proper surf, ruling out my intended float fishing plan. So method feeder it was, either against the far bank or along the margin. I had to set my tacklebox on the bank edge to shelter the bobbin and stop the wind rocking it like a pendulum. Despite the clear sense of danger, much to my surprise I managed not to kick it into the drink with my clumsy size 12s. My chances had been improved thanks due to a lack of activity on the bank. Wrapped in the winter jacket I had run to the car for, I was troubled by just two fish - a 4lb 10 Common and a very pretty little Crucian, with the only fish of any potential significance dropping off just before the net. Roll on July.
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With the partial release of lockdown combining with the Easter weekend, the Dobson's car park was rammed full, and bivvies had appeared all around the nearby lakes like mushrooms on a dewy field. Good Friday? Pah! My preferred swim was surprisingly free, but this turned out to be in the face of a north easterly wind was cold enough to have me returning to the car for furry hat, scarf and gloves after twenty degrees plus in the last few days. It was really cold and didn't the fish know it and kept well out of the way. Mercifully the sun came through by the afternoon, the sunlight glistening like diamonds on the wind-driven wave tops and bites started to come on float with around 20 minutes left. Plenty of anglers walked past during the course of the session, none of whom admitted to catching anything. I bucked the trend of those Newbury blankers with a single roach, big enough to merit the landing net.