Category Fishing

A lifelong passion

Ure Cricket Field, wet evening session

The forecast was for light showers tonight so I hauled my brolly along and decided to give peg 3 a go. I had fished this when the river was really high and I wanted to know what it was like when the river was low. This will help me understand where I can fish when the level is back up…

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Ure Cricket Field, evening session

More Chub I had hoped to go to the river on Sunday evening but it was very windy and raining and, worst of all, the river was rising. Today the weather is much better and the level is just starting to fall. I fished peg 14 again and rather than being 5-6 feet above the water as I had been…

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Ure Cricket Field, bigger Chub

Harder going today I could not resist another attempt at peg 14. I had intended to fish from about 9:30am through the day but wanted to get in peg 14 before anyone else arrived so left home at 6:30. I was gutted when I arrived to find 2 cars already there and I knew one was Kevin’s and was sure…

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Ure Cricket Field, first fish

Finally, I found some nice fish Having had 2 blank sessions on peg 11 yesterday, I arrived to find peg 14 free. I decided to give it a go after the recent catches from that peg. My trench spade had arrived so used it to clear a decent space for my chair. It was still precarious on that peg as…

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Ure Cricket Field, nearly levelled off

Second attempt today After the earlier shenanigans with the dog and having seen reports of catches today, I fancied an evening session. Went back to peg 11 hoping that my earlier loose feed might have attracted some fish. However it was another fish-less trip. I did manage a couple of taps on the meat. One bite was such a wrap…

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