Tag River

New River Season – first week

Opening day – a scorcher! We had a very hot week prior to the season starting. This continued into opening day. Opening day was my first chance to test out my seatbox, loading it and pushing it to the peg. Then getting it down the river bank to the riverside. 3 days – 3 pegs I had taken a couple…

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A day at the Stockyard

A new peg for me I had planned to fish peg 19 as the wind was forecast to be coming from behind that peg. However, when I arrived the committee of Garry, Gary and Kevin were already there and fishing the pegs I had planned to try. However both Gar(r)ys recommended peg 12 (which should also have the wind behind…

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Hungry Hunters

Level 9.8m Two day roving Weather had been reasonable for the past few days with no real rain. Therefore the level was normal and water clarity was good. I decided to go roaming on Ings Lane Top on Thu 4th. I fed 3 pegs with a mixture of liquidised bread, chopped worm and bread mash. I then fished them in…

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Spring has sprung

Level 9.8mEllenthorpe Middle – Peg 25 Lovely Day – eventually The weather has been much nicer as of late. However, we have had a ground frost for the past couple of nights. There hasn’t been any rain for the past few days so the level is near normal and the clarity is improving. It was frosty when I awoke but…

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Stripey City

Level 10.8m Temperature Rising The temperature has been rising over the past week. It was below zero all day when I fished one week ago but has been into double figures this week. Unfortunately there has been more rain so I have been watching the river level prediction like a hawk. At one point it looked like the level would…

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