Arrived at the fishery around 8am and drove straight to the pond which is the furthest one from the entrance at the bottom of the grounds. Yet again no one was there so walked around the pond looking for a likely looking tench spot. The pond is only about half an acre but has 2 islands in it - I chose a swim facing the smaller of the two.
As I was setting up the fastest bailiff in the west came and liberated £10 from my pocket!
Set up was nice and light. 13' match rod, 4lb mainline and size 18 hook on 3lb hooklength.
Groundbait was a mixture of brown crumb and tench attactor with some sweetcorn. I also laid down a nice bed of hemp.
No interest for the first hour, then I caught a small rudd. I persisted with the tactics above but to no avail. The weather was the worst of the week, I was fishing into a strong head wind which made it feel colder than it was.
Around 11AM the float disappeared and out came a nice tench around the pound mark.
The heavens opened at 12:30 for about an hour and I sat under the umbrella shivering and considering whether or not this was a good idea.
The small rudd kept coming, along with a single skimmer bream until 15:30 when I landed my first ever chub - it was only about 3 ounces or so but it still was a chub! Quickly followed by a second.
At 6 o'clock I was cold and tired so decided to pack up for the day.
In conclusion I caught 16 fish, no monsters but I did get a tench which was my target species and my first two chub, so in one respect the day was a success. I shall return to Eden Pond in the future but certainly not until the weather warms up.
Out again Monday, last trip before I return to work on Wednesday.
Tight Lines.
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