When I arrived I was almost shocked to see three or four cars already in the car park. I unloaded the car and set off for my favorite swim, which on Silver lake is peg 1.
When I arrived at the lake I discovered that the owners of the cars in the car park were on the first four pegs having a match (the keep nets gave it away). What to do now? I decided to have a stroll up the far bank. One of the first swims had a nice looking reed bed to fish to. I decided to give that one a go.
One rod waggler set up was to be my tactic of the day. Bait wise I was going to fish corn over a base of maize. I had fed the swim and was ready to make my first cast at 8 am.
I forgot to mention that although the spot I was fishing was about midway across the lake the depth was barely 2 feet. The first hour brought a solitary roach however undeterred I fed the swim some more and kept on fishing.
Another hour passed and the only other occupant of the virtual net was a skimmer bream which also fell to corn.
For the next four hours and ten minutes I couldn't buy a bite. The wait was ended when the float dipped and I was into a fish that took line! The culprit was a 3 lb carp. Small by carping standards but a welcome relief.
It was nearly 2 hours before I had another bite. It was back to the bream again.
Nothing happened until about 6 pm when the float shot away and I was into something a bit more substantial. Unfortunately for me it managed to get into a snag on the far side. Try as I may I couldn't get it out. The result a broken hook length.
It was then that I decided to call it a day. Not one of my best, just four fish in the day. Obviously the very fishy looking reed bed wasn't quite what it seemed! I shall be back.
