Back to one of my
favourite fisheries. It is such a beautiful place and we had
wonderful viewings of an Osprey, a Red Kite, several Herons and, on
and off, Martins swooping down to take something off the water and
encouraging us that fish were about.
A lovely drive down did
not warn us of the rather fierce northerly wind that greeted us,
though thankfully not as rough as last year. I suggest we try
Eyebrook a month later another time!?
We all aimed for the more
sheltered spots on the reservoir like Sam’s Dyke but found it hard
to find or connect with fish. After a few moves, Keith and Kezz found
fish just off the Hawthorns and stayed there all day, Keith landing a
really nice Brownie of 3lb 6¾ - best fish of the day. He used a Di 3
sweep with his usual Montaddy doing the business.
At
Sam’s Dyke Bill struck with a floating line with a black silver
beaded Buzzer, red on the middle dropper and a Diawl Bach on the top
dropper on a very long leader. Congratulations to Bill with a really
nice bag of fish to put him in second place. Rosemary and Ron took
fish in Mucky Bay before that went dead and they moved a lot before
ending up near the Hawthorns. Had a Pike been a trout Rosemary would
have fared better!
The rest of us used a variety of
Midge tips, sink tips and Di 3’s and floaters, Black & Green,
Buzzers and Diawl Bachs. Ron was particularly pleased to take one on
a home tied bloodworm. Many fish were lost and at times several
plucks, so it was not the easiest of days. Several of Foremark FFC
were up at the Stoke Dry end pulling Di 3’s with Orange Blobs with
success for several.
Keith Prowting
6 fish – 13lb 3 oz Heaviest fish Brownie 3lb 6¾
Bill Richardson
6 fish – 12lb 14oz
Kezz Saxton
6 fish – 11lb 14oz
Rosemary Gunn 4
fish – 7lb 15oz
Ron Madden 3
fish – 5lb 8oz
Tom Morton 2
fish – 3lb 7oz
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