Cracking day out........

Well the last month or so has been soooooo hard with the shite weather conditions etc but everything came good today..... :-) after weeks of pulling my hair out with horrid conditions we finally managed to hit some local spots. First off was one of my favorite tiny lowland rivers always stuffed with chub, pike and perch but after a hour or so things didnt really happen! we managed 2-3 follows between me and Martin from small perch to around a pound when the water started to colour up loads making it hard work, we decided for a quick move to a venue on the flood levels where i knew things could turn good, after only 2 casts in one of the tight snaggy swims this shows its ugly head!!

Soooooo nearly the Magic wild 30lber number 3 but she didnt make it........ but its always a pleasure to witness beasts like this stunner! safely returned to fight another day :-) she nailed a white 5inch Savagear Cannibal shad it went fudging crazy under the rod tip then steamed off down the drain towards a snag then came to the surface for a nice shake of the gills then off again before i slammed on the breaks for the Net! what a way to start the season with one of my largest Lure caught pike. we fished this venue for a couple hours upsetting the Jacks and the odd perch when we decided to sneak off to the last venue for the lower light in search of Mr Perch! half hours drive in to the middle of no bloody where we finally got to this gawjus river within 10mins of getting there things looked great with two follows my Perch to about a pound again when i cast to a slack and Bang i knew strate away i had a Perch this nice chucky 2lber was a pleasant catch and i was now ready for home with numb fingers and nose the light was dropping fast, off home we go! cracking day out chuffed to bits as iv really struggled with the "no fishing" the last month! Mart blanked lol

tight lines

Danny