It was just before 7am when I arrived at what was, a fairly well populated car park. I wasn't too bothered as the lake is large enough to accommodate far more anglers than I've ever seen up there.
I unloaded car and made my way round the lake looking for a swim that best suited my style (hit and hope!).
It was going to be my usual two rod attack today and so it wasn't until 7:50, after I'd set up and fed both swims, that I was ready to make my first casts.
It was a great start to the session as the waggler rod produced a tench, a bream and a roach while the leger rod produced two hard fighting tench.
An hour passed and the virtual net now contained 10 fish. The original five were joined by 2 tench, a bream and two small roach.
By 11am the net bulged with 14 fish with the addition of a bream, two roach and a crucian carp weighing 2lb!
The hour before lunch, brought the session's first ide, another bream and two roach. Total for the day, just before I stopped for lunch, was 18, not bad at all.
The hour after lunch was pretty slow. Only an ide and yet another small roach made the net.
The following hour was just as slow as the waggler line only produced a solitary crucian. The leger line did chip in with another tench.
By mid-afternoon (15:00) the day's total had crept up to 26 with the addition of a gudgeon, two ide, a bream weighing 3lb 6oz and yet another small roach.
The roach took over the next hour with four of them making the net accompanied by 2 ide. The leger rod also made a contribution, another tench.
The last two hours were special for me in that I broke my bream pb twice in 20 minutes! The first came in at 6lb 2oz, the second at 6lb 3oz! They were joined in the net by the only tench caught on the waggler that day and the only ide caught on the leger line.
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