After 3 wives (and Mothers-In Law) do you think I'd be scared of S-Kippy?
I should hope not.....unless you start fiddling with your alarms and shining your head torch in my face in which case you might want to reconsider.
A very enjoyable day yesterday and great to see everybody again. I was a bit concerned about Big Phil given his new knee so I said we'd stay on the lower bit rather than have him hiking across the field upstream with a dodgy pin. If he was to go down you'd need a tractor to get him out so he set himself up in a spot where he could sit down all day.
I wandered about a bit but not as much as everybody else and there were shed loads of fish everywhere. I must have had upwards of 60 -70 grayling but only 3 of those were around the pound mark...the majority being 6-8 oz stamp. Great fun it it did get slightly boring towards the end as it was clear there were few fish of any great size around. To that add 4 sea trout ( one fresh, the others less so) a very pretty brownie of around 2.5lb and a couple of Parr.
No eels and no brim. God Save the Queen !
Phil had a terrific day. Fishing a bit lighter ( 18 to 2lb bottom) he had as many grayling as me but with 5/6 better fish to about 1-4 and 7 big dog chub from the 10 he hooked with the best 5lb or so. He also had a couple of sea trout and a brownie and more to the point lasted the day without too much discomfort from his knee.
An excellent day out. Especially ejoyed Rog trying to stop getting mud on his new motor and the way Graham seemed to be on both banks at the same time. I also learned that swim depth is now measured in cms .......I must have missed that .
Good day....but where are the coarse fish ? That river ought to be alive with dace but I've never caught or seen a single one.