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john conway

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Thanks Stuart.
Note the river level I got from Rivercall seemed too high, the river too low for 0.43M, when I rang again it said 0.27M and falling, this seemed a more realistice reading.
 
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John Pleasance

Guest
Date..............23.12.01.
Fishery...........Severals Hants.avon.
Time fished.......14.30--18.00
Weather details ..Bright sunshine
Water details ...Fairly low and clear39>38.F
Method ...........legered cheesepaste & bread
Results ..........Blank
Brief description of the session.
Fished about four swims through "nettle bed", baited very lightly with mashed bread, fished cheesepaste or flake ,no bites Air temp down to 25F.by 17.00
 
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Carp Angler

Guest
Details as above.
But....

Brief description of the session.
Brrrrrrrrr..........
 
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Stewart Moss

Guest
Date..............21.12.01.
Fishery...........River Windrush, Witney, Oxon
Time fished.......1400--1700
Weather details ..Sharp frost, weak sunshine, cold wind!
Water details ...Gin clear & lowish water
Method ...........legered garlic meat / cheese / sweetcorn
Results ..........Blanked (predictably)
Brief description of the session.
Fished a swim that produced a Barbel for me a few weeks ago. Didn't expect to catch with the poor conditions, but couldn't resist trying anyway! The water vole which swam across my swim, and the wren that landed by my feet were worth the trip alone.
 
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John Pleasance

Guest
Date..............26.12.01
Fishery...........Bounds Farm Dorset Stour
Time fished.......14.30 -- 18.00
Weather details ..Cloudy but bright then clearing on dusk to bright moonlight
Water details .....clear & lowish
Water temp........ 42 F.
Method ...........Trotting maggots ,legered cheesepaste
Results ..........Minnows, minnows and more minnows
Brief description of the session. Trotted three swims ,caught minnows in all; moved to another swim on dusk and missed a couple of sharp bites then sky cleared and moon was like daylight, no more bites.
 
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Greg Butler

Guest
Date 25.12.01
Fishery Dove, Egginton
Time 1300 - 1700
Weather clear and cold
Water Up a foot with colour
Legered meaty fish bites
Resutls...blanked. One bite

Anyone else fished Xmas Day?
 
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Shrek

Guest
Date 22.12.01
Fishery: River Avon at Hampton Lucy
Time: 0800 to 1200
Weather: Clear and cold. downstream wind
Water: Up 6 inches and slightly coloured
Method: Stick float and bronze maggots
Results: 2 chub
Brief description: 3rd swim eventually yielded my fish. Should have started where I finished up.
 
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john conway

Guest
Date............ 27.12.01
Fishery.......... River Lune Lansil Stretch @ Halton
Time fished..... 10:30hrs till 15:00hrs
Weather details. Wet & Windy
Water details ... Rivercall 15:00hrs @ Caton 0.7M & Rising
Water temperature.... Not taken
Method .......... " 2 Rods 1 x Quiver tip, Feeder, Maggots, 2nd Rod ledgered sprat for pike
Results ......... Blanked

Set out for Dace plus a rod for possible pike. No bites, river still rising, constant problem with leaves and twigs.
 
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John Pleasance

Guest
Date..............27.12.01.
Fishery...........Hants.Avon
Time fished.......16.00 - 19.00
Weather details ..Frequent showers (cold rain) and clear spells N/W stiff breeze
Water details .....clear & lowish
Water temp........ 42 F.up 4 F. from Sunday
Method ...........,legered cheesepaste
Results ...........One chub
Brief description of the session.
Fished just one swim for one bite @ 17.15 one chub, big 3 or small 4.
Please can we have some low pressure and mild, wet south westerlies before I have to go back to work.
 
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John Pleasance

Guest
Date..............30.12.01
Fishery...........Winkton weir Hants.Avon
Time fished.......15.00 - 18.00
Weather details ..Sunny cold
Water details ....clear & lowish
Water temp........ 40 F..down 2F.from 29/12
Method ...........One rod Liquidised bread in feeder with flake hookbait 2nd rod legered cheesepaste
Results ...........No bites
Brief description of the session.
I just know there's some big chub in here somewhere.Was hoping for a roach or three as well.
 
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Cheese Paste

Guest
Date..............30.12.01
Fishery...........Great Ouse(not Adams), Milton Keynes
Time fished.......12.00 - 16.30
Weather details ..Sunny cold
Water details ....Very Clear
Water temp........ Cold
Method ...........Link Leger with small bits of flake, cheesepaste and small bits of worm.
Results ...........No fish.
Brief description of the session.......Some bites on the worm. Probably small perch. Other than that it was a motionless day for my quivertip.
 
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Cheese Paste

Guest
Date..............29.12.01
Fishery...........River Ouzel, Milton Keynes
Time fished.......12.30 - 2.30
Weather details ..Bright and cold
Water details ....Nice colouration
Water temp........Cold
Method ...........Link Leger with small bits of flake, cheesepaste
Results ...........3 Chub
Brief description of the session.......Only had a time for a short session. Ouzel fish don't tend to run very large. Best fish of day was 2lb 10oz. This fell to squid flavoured flake. Also had 2 other fish around 2lb. Nice just to have some acton on a bitterly cold day.
 
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Date............ 28.12.01
Fishery.......... River Mease, Netherseal.
Time fished..... 2pm till 4pm approx
Weather details. Gale force winds, very cold.
Water details ... Up a few inches and coloured.
Water temperature.... Not taken.
Method .......... Legered flake, crust and cheese paste
Results ......... Two chub approx 2.5lb to 3lb.

More details here:
<a href=http://www.fishingmagic.com/specart/specart.asp?sp=&v=r>Digital Diary</A>
 
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paul clarke

Guest
Date......................30/12/01
Fishery...................below dobbs weir, river lea
Time fished...............9:00 to 15:30
Weather details...........cold and very chilly breeze
Water details ............clearish and steady
Method ..................open ended feeder using mashed bread and flake and maggot hookbaits
Results ..................blank apart from 1 very angry male crayfish and two "very pregnant" female crayfish
Brief description of the session > The river looked in good nick but dead . three irate crayfish and approx 7 cormorants on show
 
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Paul Williams

Guest
Date............28/12/01
Fishery.........Wye, Hereford.
Time fished.....10.00 to 16.30.
Weather.........Gales and bad wind chill.
Water...........winter level.
Method........... started on float close in but wind made this to difficult, switched to taped up feeder down the side with feed also fed by hand little and often.
Results..........Handy bag of roach to 11/2lb along with other decent samples plus a nice perch(about 8 fish).....oh and a pike on the other rod later.
Brief description. River looked good but the wind made it practically impossible to float fish, it was blowing hard down river and into our bank, luckily there were fish close in.
 
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Tony O'dell

Guest
Date..............31.12.01
Fishery...........Great Ouse, Milton Keynes
Time fished.......8.00 - 13.00
Weather details ..Sunny cold
Water details ....Clear
Water temp........ Cold
Method ...........Feeder Fishing with white maggots or liquidised bread, bait on hook white maggot or breadflake
Results ...........Roach, one chub,one gudgeon.
Brief description of the session.......Bite first cast from a Roach on bread, then slow, with odd bite every 15 minutes, roach seemed more inclined to bite than the chub, which was suprising :?
 
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Stewart Moss

Guest
Date..............30.12.01.
Fishery...........West Oxfordshire Stream
Time fished.......1100--1530
Weather details ..Sharp frost, some sunshine
Water details ...clear & lowish water, minimal flow
Method ...........small waggler, red maggotts, size 16 barbless hook to 3lb line
Results ..........27 lb of River Roach!!
Brief description of the session:
Best trip I've had in ages. Roach shoaled up in backwater, off main river. I had 6 Roach that were just over the pound, with the average Roach being about 10oz! Also had 3 Perch. The bag consisted of approx 50 fish in total.
 
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Paul Williams

Guest
Nice bag Stewart!......but "West Oxfordshire stream"???.......it's a rule that of this thread that you mail me privatly with the exact grid refrence....lol
 
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Stewart Moss

Guest
Thanks Paul.
Its a free stretch, by a town centre and I've rather not name it for every angler in Oxford to descend and decimate the stocks, leave litter etc.
The stretch has long been fished by me and a number of other locals; they wouldn't thank me if I "invited" allcomers in...
Of course good anglers will always find hot stretches/swims themselves anyway, often on their doorstep...
 
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john conway

Guest
Date............ 31.12.01
Fishery.......... River Lune Lansil Stretch @ Halton
Time fished..... 15:00hrs till 20:30hrs
Weather details. Clear skys, full noon, no wind 2.5 deg C at 15:00hrs dropping to -2.1 deg C by 20:30hrs
Water details ... Rivercall 15:00hrs @ Caton 0.2M & falling
Water temperature.... Not taken
Method .......... Feeder, maggot till dusk then sweetcorn
Results ......... Blanked

Very very cold, few line bites up to dusk then as temp dropped all went dead. About 0.5M ice skirt at river edge which increased to 2M by 20:30hrs.
 
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