Tag Ure – Cricket Field

Another first

Hard match with a silver lining Today’s match was moved from Ings Lane Bottom to Cricket Field and the 1st few pegs of Ings Lane Top. This was a result of tractors and other large machinery chewing up Ings lane and making it inaccessible for for most vehicles. I drew Peg 21 which was the furthest walk, I had fished…

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Great start & end

My plan I arrived at peg 5 about 3:30pm. My plan was as follows: – Plumb the depth along the downstream tree using my pole. Feed up mid-river with a groundbait of fishmeal, hemp, broken Scopex boilies. Feed up under the tree with a mix of liquidised bread, hemp, crushed Scopex boilies and micro meat cubes (2mm-ish). Whilst the fish…

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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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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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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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