June 28th Boulthurst Farm, Oxted Surrey

After the fantastic success of my previous visit (16th June) I couldn't wait for the next opportunity to get down amongst them at the Farm.

I arrived at the pond around 6:15 and immediately set up in my favourite swim (see below). Thirty minutes later I had my first cast.

I had never really tackled this pond from an early start, I'd previously been there mainly in the afternoon and evenings so I was a bit surprised when I had no action until 8:50.

The buzzer went off and I played the fish up to the lip of the net. At that point it decided that it didn't want to meet me and spat the hook out.

I re-cast to the same spot. Fifteen minutes later the indicator went again and I was in for the second time.

This one was even more reluctant to meet me - he spat the hook way before the net came into play.

I began to think it wasn't going to be my day. My third cast went into a tree which seemed to confirm my worst fears. 

At 9:55, using a pineapple 15ml boillie I manage to tempt a nice chub of around 1 pound into the net.

Twenty Five minutes later the tutti fruitti fllavour struck gold as I landed a nice 5lb common.

Regarding the chub I caught, I was informed last year that chub had not been stocked in the pond and that it was probably a rogue immigrant. Well, at 11:20 I either caught another or the same one as I did an hour or so before! This one was caught on a seafood boillie.

By now the fish were playing ball, 30 minutes after the second chub I had a small common.

One of the advantages (or disadvantages depending on how you look at it) of using small boillies is that other species can often take the bait. Sometimes these other species are a nice size. At 11:55 a Roach decided to have a boillie. The buzzer wasn't tripped but I saw the line move around. I struck and in came the roach.

Just past noon I switched boillie flavour to seafood and lo and behold I caught another chub (or the same one for the third time!).

Less than 10 minutes after the chub was released the buzzer went again and in came a 5lb common. I was beginning to get on a bit of a roll.

The aforementioned roll continued with another roach and unblieveably another chub! I now suspect that there is more than one chub in this pond.

At 12:30 the wheels came off my roll as I missed another one - unusual for me this season - I must have been having one of those days!

The swim then settled into a 3 hour quiet period which gave me the oppertunity to contemplete life, the universe and everything.

The calm was broken at 15:35 when I landed a 4lb common after switching to tutti fruitti boillies.

Ten to four came and I lost another one. I was definitely off form today. Just to confirm that I lost another 20 minutes later.

As the evening wore on the fishing slowed down which was the opposite of what I expected. As the clock struck 6pm I landed another fairly good roach.

I was beginning to think about packing up when the buzzer went and I got a 4lb common on a pineapple boillie. This gave me the energy to carry on.

I had my last bite at 19:30 which became my 6th loss of the day so I decided it was time to pack up and go home.

I did enjoy the day though.