It was hot and muggy with a possibility of showers forecast, not good with a one mile walk required to get where I fish, but in due course I did it, and by 2:00pm the rods were fishing with baits in two different areas of the swim. I am still using the pellet on the hook and the hemp/pellet mix in the feeder -this had been working well over the previous weeks so I'll keep with it. Two swans came to check me out, along with a strange looking duck, I checked and it was a teal, not a bird I was familier with but now it is logged in on my bird watching list. Keeping the recasting to about 20 minute intervals I got the first fish after an hour, a nice barbel of around 6lb that went quite well in the flow. There followed a small chub and I wondered if I was in for a repeat of that previous day when over 20 of them disturbed the swim, but it was the only one caught during the whole session. At regular intervals after that, the rod would bend over and I could enjoy the fighting qualities of the the barbel. They definately think they are bigger than what they weigh, being long and lean, they real do battle right to the net.
I took a fish of 7lb-2oz and that was followed by a superb barbel of 8lb-11oz, a very pleasing fish from any venue, but with the lower average of the Teme, even more so from this river. It was 8:30pm when I struck into a barbel that shot downstream giving me the hope that it would be a better fish, it proved to be so and when I finally managed to net it I had another double. At 10lb-3oz, and a different fish to either of the two caught previously, it certainly makes the 50 mile journey worth while. With six battlers caught, the 50 mile trip back home passed quite quickly and I look foreward to the next trip with anticipation.
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