272 days left!

Date fished June 16th!!

10:20am until 6:20pm

We only have 272 days left, so lets start!!

Its been 93 days since I last fished a river, and what a trip. A pb and my first 6lb chub. I have wanted a six for a while, so that was amazing. Lets see what this season will bring, or what I can fluke out....

Six cars already parked up gave me hope, however it started badly. The river was low, clear and hardly moving. That my excuse for blanking on opening day.

Ellis caught some perch (wasp), some micro chub ( chublet let lets) and a minnow ( blank saver). He persisted more than me in the hot weather, no idea how he stayed so cool!? . He adaptoped the float fishing to maggot feeder and back to float in the slower water. I adopted a chuck it and see approach for chub and barbel on sausage. 

Having exhausted one area, we trudged back to the cars and drove to another stretch. We walked through lots of undergrowth and I currently have a red arm, combination of sun and scratches. Oh well, there's always tomorrow!!

Cool as a cucumber