I got way laid this week with a recuring problem of lower back pain, enough to stop me fishing Monday to Thursday, it has to be bad to do that! Went to the osteopath on the Monday but it was still tender and although I had planed a trip to the Colne Valley it would have required the use of the barrow and that was a no-no.
Thursday I decided to try the Avon on a venue where I can fish out of the van, off early and fishing before 7am - packed up 8:30pm with just 4 roach to the pellet rod. They wittle the pellets down to a point where it is almost just the super glue left and then they take that. This shot was the first one caught, and I just admired its perfection before the cormarants got at it. The best of the four went about 1lb so I might go back and try for them with a float.
Friday I decided it was time to try the River Teme again, at 10lb-4oz my river best barbel needs improving. The banks can be a bit of a problem but I knew a swim where I could get in without difficulty - landing a fish might be a different story, but I'd cover that if the need arose.
Fishing with pellet on the hair, and a mix of pellet and hemp in the feeder, I took fish steadily through-out the day. Lots of smaller samples that bode well for the future if they can live long enough to grow up. 2lb-4lb sort of size, and of the eight barbel landed five were in those brackets. Then a 5lb fish joined with a 6lb fighter, and last, but not least, a season best so far of 8lb-13oz.
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