Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...06/03/10
Time fished:...17:00hrs to 24:00hrs
Weather conditions:...Overcast with weak watery sun, no wind and no moon.
Water conditions:... Rivercall at 03:15hrs @ NJR 0.11M ANSL and steady.
Air temperature:... 4.7C dropping to minus 2C.
Water Temperature:... 4.7C
Bait:...Bread, cheese, 3-B boilies.
Method:.. 2 rods, upstream rod bread flake or crust & cheese with liquidised bread and garlic in feeder. Downstream rod 3-B boilies & cheese paste with loose fed pellets and boilies.
Results:... 10 Chub, 6 over 4lb two being in the low 5lbs.
Brief description of the session & remarks:…Another pleasant February afternoon with a nice sunset. Just before sunset, I had a chat with one of the FM lads who fish the Ribble and we swapped few ideas and tails.
You would think I’d have a lot to say about this session it being one of my best for a long time, but I would have swapped the lot for a nice 6lber, which seem to have eluded me this year. Still I’ve still got a couple of sessions yet to squeeze in before the end of the season. After sunset, the temperature dropped like a stone and remained below minus 2C for the rest of the session. Pleasant walk back to my van, no bl**dy mud.
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Section of Fishery or river stretch:...Above Preston
Date:...07/03/10
Time fished:...17:00hrs to 21:30hrs
Weather conditions:...Very bright sunny day, no wind and no moon.
Water conditions:... Rivercall at 03:15hrs @ NJR 0.1M ANSL and steady.
Air temperature:... 9.7C dropping to minus 2C.
Water Temperature:... 4.7C
Bait:...Bread, cheese, 3-B boilies.
Method:.. 2 rods, upstream rod bread flake or crust & cheese with liquidised bread and garlic in feeder. Downstream rod 3-B boilies & cheese paste with loose fed pellets and boilies.
Results:... 1 Chub @ 4lb-10oz
Brief description of the session & remarks:…Yet again another very pleasant February afternoon with a few FM lads who fish the Ribble to chat with before the serious business began at dusk. Well, what can I say, after the great session yesterday, the Ribble has a way of putting you in your place? Just one bite and one fish, the other lads fairing no better. Although the temperature was just the same as Saturday night -2C, I somehow got very cold and packed in with the rest of the lads around 9:30. By the time I got home to the Dales the temperature had dropped down to -5C and was still dropping.