Claire and I thought that being a monday it would be quiet and it was, we set up in the willow which has been a very productive swim during the warmer months and from experience I knew the fish dont move far as the temps lower as the water is quite sheltered there. I set up both rods with a 14mm Activ8 dumbell tipped with fake corn on a basic hair/bolt rig. Once both rods out we proceeded to get breakfast sorted out, and the bacon was soon sizzling away!
Quiet would be an understatement so I decided to recast both rods, one to the far margin which went in perfectly (dont know how, I was frozen!!), and the second rod just in front of the tree. After around an hour in which we were counting the kingfisher flybys, I had a single bleep on the rh rod and a savage pluck which came to nothing so I left it alone knowing the corn would still be there.
I was just starting to make a brew when the rh rod hooped round and line poured off the spool of my trusty gte! Panic ensued as it was totally out of the blue, a massive struggle took place which saw the fish running at every opportunity and I was convinced it was one of the 'A Team' commons. When she finally felt the mesh my arms were aching like mad but claire is very handy with the net, luckily!
Once on the mat the trusty deception wide gape was bang in the scissors and she went 14lb 1oz on the scales, it was good to get one on the mat after waiting all day for one to come along.
Unfortunately they werent like buses and there were no more We packed up around 4pm and went home to defrost and sort kit out for next trip, perch fishing with livebaits.
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