I'd fished it in Spring and Summer and now to get the full set I thought I would give Autumn a bash.
I arrived at the fishery just before seven to find the small car park empty. I wasn't really surprised as it wasn't a weekend.
My favourite swim here is the one on the right hand end with a nice over hanging tree to fish to, so you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that since my last visit it had been severely pruned (see photo below).
The first rod with halibut boillies I fished under what was left of the tree and the second, the strawberry rod was fished in the open water on the other side.
My first cast hit the water at 7:25. I then settled down to wait for the day's action to begin. It normally takes about an hour before the first bite arrives but with the tree pruned back so much I wasn't sure what would happen if anything.
I was right in my assumption that things would be different today as it was 90 minutes before the buzzer sounded for the first time. The victim was a one eyed common of about 3 pounds. It was the strawberry boillie swim that provided this fish.
It was another 90 minute wait before the action resumed. This time it was a half pound crucian with a liking for halibut.
Two more quiet hours followed in which I managed to consume my lunch. Then at 12:50 the one thing I hate happened, I got a bite on each rod. Lucky for me I got them both in. The first was a 3lm mirror on the strawberry rod and the second was a 7lb common on the halibut rod.
Just after 2pm the strawberry rod struck again and in came a 3lb common.
The next carp on the halibut rod came at 15:20 and was a nice 5.5lb common.
The last fish of the session came at 15:38, a 3.5lb common on the strawberry rod.
I packed up about 6pm.
And so my fishing adventures for 2011 came to a successful end.
