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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...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne (down) 1430 - 1730 Mild and overcast with a light shower as I packed up. AT 12ºC - 9ºC. 7 Perch, in order of capture: 2lb 6oz, 1lb 11oz, 1lb 15oz, 2lb 3oz, 2lb 2oz, 2lb 7oz and a tiddller to finish! 1 Pike 2lb* With 'winter' forecast to return for th...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne (down) 1430 - 1715 Sunny spells. AT 10º - 8ºC. 9 Perch: 6 over a lb, best 3: 2lb 10oz, 2lb 1oz. 1lb 13oz. First visit to a new swim from one of the platforms on Dog Sh!t Alley. I rarely fish here and the amount of footfall and dog poo on the tow-path...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1000 - 1330 Cool and misty. AT 6ºC. River high, pacey and clear - pretty much the same level as 2 weeks ago despite no appreciable rain in the interim. 1 Perch: 2lb 9oz. 2 Grayling: 1lb 7oz & 1lb 2oz. 3 Brownies: a 'pounder' and a couple @ c½lb. Failed at...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1315 - 1515 Cold, dreary & drizzly. At 4ºC. River high, pacey and clear. 1 Perch: 2lb 14oz. Just fished lobs. One bite, one fish, though it was another belting perch from here. All the same, I'm beginning to wonder how many are re-captures as I've not ha...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1145 - 1515 Cool, overcast becoming brighter. AT 8ºC. River still 'full' and clear - has hardly dropped since my last trip despite no significant rain since 19th October! 3 Perch: 3lb 9oz(Season's Best), 2lb 11oz & a tiddler. 1 Chub: 3lb, 1 Dace; chunky! 3 Bro...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1330 - 2130 Sunny spells, cool after dark and very dewy! AT 16º - 9ºC. River quite 'full' and with a little colour. 1 Perch: 2lb 14oz. 2 Chub: 2lb 10oz & a 'pounder'. 1 Barbel: 2lb 2oz. A doz+ Roach - all small. 5 Dace - nothing noteworthy. 3 Grayling: 6-10oz....
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne 0700 - 1200 Cool and clear. AT 6º - 14ºC 4 Perch: 2lb 4oz, 1lb 13oz and 2 small-uns. Quick return here for more 'reconnaissance'. Fished 5 different swims to last weeks trip - though the bright conditions were somewhat sub-optimal for perch and had m...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne 0700 - 0930 Sunny spells - breezy. AT 12º-13ºC 4 Perch: 1lb 11oz, 1lb 7oz, 1lb 2oz & one around 10-12oz. Bit of a 'recce' session - fished 4 swims, giving each half an hour or so but only caught in one of them. Water seemed a little life-less and loo...
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 0700 - 1200 Bright and blustery with Storm Lillian slowly abating. AT 16ºC - 20ºC. River at usual (low) summer levels. 3 Perch: all ¾-1lb. 3 Chub; all small. 29 Roach; mainly small. 1 Dace: - a good-un of around 8oz. 7 Gudgeon. 1 Bleak. 2 Brownies - a 'pound...
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River Kennet - Newbury (Whitehouse) 1300 - 1500 Warm, bright and breezy. AT 21ºC. River at normal summer levels. 1 Perch 1lb 13oz. 17 Roach - all small. 9 Dace - most quite chunky. Pleasant couple of hours trotting for silvers. I dropped one of the roach back in and realised I ha...
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 1100 - 1500 Warm and mainly overcast with some sunny spells - quite muggy. AT 21ºC. River quite low - normal summer levels. 8 Perch: 5 over a lb - best 3, 1lb 11oz, 1lb 15oz & 2lb 3oz. 4 Chub: 4lb 12oz, 3lb 4oz, a 'pounder' and a chublet. 7 Roach; all fairly...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 0430 - 1100 Cool with sunny spells. AT 10º - 15º. River with good flow for June and quite clear. 7 Chub: all over a lb. Best 3; 6lb 10oz (New PB), 4lb 9oz, 4lb 2oz - the others all 1½-2½lb. 2 Perch: 3lb 4oz and a tiddler. 3 Grayling: 1lb 14oz, 1lb 6oz & 1lb 4o...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne 0930 - 1400 Overcast with constant drizzly rain, with the wind picking up considerably for last hour. AT 7º-9ºC. 11 Perch: 5 over a lb - best two 2lb 11oz & 1lb 14oz. Biggest perch first cast! And they seemed to get progressively smaller as the morni...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne 1400 - 1600 Cool, calm with some milky sunshine. AT 7ºC 10 Perch; most quite small - with one good-un @ 2lb 4oz. 1 Pike c2½lb Successful dusk session after a big stripey, in a canal basin that is something of a winter aquarium - for predators and pre...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 0945 - 1415 Cool with a bright start - clouding over (thankfully). AT 4º-10ºC. River VERY high - highest I've seen it this winter - yet with surprisingly little colour considering it rained most of yesterday! 2 Chub: 3lb 10oz, 3lb 3oz. 2 Perch: 3lb 0oz , 2lb...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1245 - 1500 Overcast and drizzly. AT 9ºC. River VERY high up yet another couple of inches on my last visit (11 days ago) - but with hardly any colour. 2 Chub: 3lb 6oz & 3lb 2oz. 1 Perch: 3lb 1oz (SB), 1 Dace:(small), 1 Grayling;(ditto) Usual 'flood swim'...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Woolhampton 1430 - 1615 Cool and overcast. AT 9ºC 5 Perch; 3 between ¾-1lb+ and 2 tiddlers. All fish 10 mins either side of 1600 - not a bite before then!
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 0900 - 1330 Cool and sunny, clouding over late morning. AT 2º-10ºC. River very high but with only little colour. 3 Perch: 2lb 2oz and a couple around ¾-1lb. 1 Dace, 1 Roach. 1 Brownie - 2½lb. Bit of a gamble with the river so high - but I reasoned if I...
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River Kennet - Hambridge 1230 - 1515 Sunny spells after morning rain. AT 8ºC (felt a lot cooler!). River still very high - if anything up and inch or so on last Friday but with nearly all the colour dropped out and LOTS of leaf litter. 3 Chub: 5lb 1oz and a brace of 2lbers. 1 Perch: 2...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Avington 0630 - 0930 Brightening up after overnight rain. AT 6º - 10ºC. 2 Doz perch. Nothing noteworthy - though they weren't tiddlers - most around 6-8oz with a couple twice that. I had great plans for this week - and they didn't involve prospecting for per...
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 1000 - 1400 Bright and sunny (for the most part!), AT 9ºC - 13ºC. River up 3 or 4 inches on my last trip here but with little colour. 7 Chub; 3lb 6oz, 2lb 11oz, 2lb 8oz, a 'pounder' and 3 chublets. 5 Perch: all between ¾-1¼lb. 1 Roach - small, 1 Gudgeon, 1...
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Kennet & Avon Canal - Enborne 0730 - 0930 Continuous rain for the entire 2 hours I was bank-side. Started just as I made my first cast and eased off just as I made my last! AT 9ºC 13 Perch - with the majority a lb or better - the six I weighed went: 2lb 12oz, 2lb 7oz, 2lb 3oz, 2lb 2oz...
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River Kennet - Speen Moors 0945 - 1415 Warm, overcast and breezy. AT 16º-18ºC. River down around 6-8 inches on my last trip here 3 weeks ago. 14 Perch: All 12oz or more - best two went 1lb 10oz & 1lb 12oz but all of the others were a few ounces either side of a lb. 6 Chub: 2lb & 1lb 1...
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Warwicks Water 0700 - 0900 Warm, overcast and quite breezy. AT 16ºC 14 Perch - nothing noteworhty. Another fruitless session after mythical monster perch - without the redemption of a tench or two. Small perch were everywhere I tried and a high lobworm attrition rate had me packi...
