I arrived at the fishery a little after opening time at 7:10.
I made my way down the mile long track to the fishery's car park to find it completely clear of cars.
I unloaded the car and made my way over to Silver Lake, the fishery's match lake.
It was just the one rod today - the waggler fished close to an outcrop of reeds. I'd fished it before and been quite successful.
As I was only setting up one rod I was ready to make my first cast at 8:10. I'd already fed the swim with a generous helping of free offerings.
I started on double maggot and was into a variety of fish straight away. In fact, twenty made the net in the first hour. These consisted of, 2 Chub, 2 Perch, 1 Rudd and 15 Roach. Lovely.
This fella kept an eye on me all morning.
The next hour I changed to corn and had one bite. It must have been a carp by the way it took the line however today wasn't the day when it would make a visit to my net.
I alternated between maggot and corn for the next hour but the fishing still stayed slow. Two Roach made the net, one on maggot and one on corn.
I did have this fella for company though.
I stayed on the corn until noon but perseverance didn't pay off in my case as I only managed to nab one small Chub.
Another hour passed with very little action, the only disturbance to the day's total was a small Rudd!
I decided at this point that a change was needed. I decided to give 6mm halibut pellets a go. In the next hour I lost one carp of about 3lb and captured one of about 6lb. Good decision then.
My fortunes swung back to the unproductive side as I sat for another hour without a bite. Very strange day - no consistency at all.
By 16:20 having spent the rest of the afternoon on pellets I'd added a Gudgeon, Bream and a Carp of 2lb to the net. My total for the day was now 28.
At 18:00 when I decided to call it a day, I'd added another three fish to the net. This consisted of 2 Carp and one Roach. A very strange day indeed.
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