Would you believe it - my rod tip has come from Sage! Naturally I couldn't wait to get down the river to try my new rod out again. This time it remained in it's case for the whole journey and will do so for as long as I can be bothered to excercise some degree of caution! Not long probably!
Went down to the river in the hope that the fly would be on! Parked at Pumping Station and walked across the fields to the river. Got 3/4 the way across the river and had 75mm to spare below the top of my chest waders so I had to turn back. The water was pretty clear, not pres tine but probably OK. Drove up to the road bridge but there was no chance of fishing there! At least 6 cars were parked on our side of the river! The only other place I could go was the Car Park Pool so off I went. (Cerith went down the bottom so we could meet up but our rendezvous never materialised!
The Car Park Pool was running fast. I would say that the river was about 300mm to 400mm above normal. I fished until about 12.00. Didn't see a single fish, no knocks, nothing! To make things worse it was raining again, quite heavy!
A total wasted journey I suppose! Still, lets hope the river settles down now and that we have some dry weather for a few weeks. Enough is enough!
PS:- Cerith - I finally got your other fishy pictures and have incorporated some of them into my previous piece about your monster catch! Thanks mate!
Tight lines everyone!
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