Category Fishing

A lifelong passion

Oh so close

9.91M and steady So, another short session after work. Again I am in peg 6 and the level has now fallen enough to expose the normal fishing peg. It was still a bit slippery getting down to it but I quickly settled in and was fishing by 3:40. A long wait for a bite As planned, I fished a small…

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Cheeky Evening Session

Level 9.93, Falling slightly I started work early so was able to finish at 3pm. That meant I was fishing by 3:45 so should have about 2.5 hours. I fished peg 6 again. However the river was much lower and running much slower. In fact, the place where I sat 2 days earlier was now 3 to 4 feet above…

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Muddy Chubby day

10.5M and falling The river flooded Friday night and most of Saturday. I wasn’t feeling well on Friday so wasn’t too disappointed to see the river rising. So I decided to have Friday and Saturday to stay home, look after myself and get a few jobs done in the hope that I was up to an outing on Sunday. Luckily…

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Morning Session

My plan of attack I only had a few hours today because I had an appointment at the passport office in Durham in the afternoon. The river had been up and down in the past few days and one of my friends had a great day between high waters where he had a Chub he estimated at 7lb-ish. So, I…

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Another 3lb Perch

A horrible day I had a slightly later start today and went to the Cricket Field with a much lighter load. The intention was to start in peg 3 and then move down the river after about an hour in each peg. It was a very windy/gusty day and was raining on and off. I was able to float fish…

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