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RIVER 3oC, 3RD TROUT OF SESSION AT 15.00!
IF YOU READ THE WRITE UP OF MY 2OLB+ PIKE IN PHOTO ALBUM 2, YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS TROUT WAS TRIGGERED AT THE START OF RISE PEAK AT FULL MOON IN FEBRUARY APPROX 90 MINS BEFORE MOON RISE. THE DAY WAS ONE OF THOSE HIGH PRESSURE MISTY DAYS, WHEN I EXPECT FISH THAT USUALLY FEED IN "DEAD SPELLS" TO BE MOST ACTIVE ON KEY POINTS. THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IN THIS SWIM THE PATTERN IS ALWAYS THE SAME. IN GOOD CONDITIONS ONE WILL CATCH BARBEL, DURING THE ENSUING DEAD SPELL THE TROUT WILL BE SEEN CHASING BLEAK INTO THE MARGINS. I HAVE OBSERVED THIS ON HUNDREDS OF OCCASIONS IN THE YEARS I HAVE FISHED THIS SWIM. THE ONSET OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL CREEP FORWARD EACH DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON BEING THAT BIT LATER! (BLEAK ARE NOT THERE DURING THE WINTER). I SUPPOSE THAT THE FISH DOES NOT REALLY COUNT AS IT WAS CAUGHT WITH MAGGOTS, STILL NOT A BAD FISH TO CHRISTEN THE NEWER AVON ROYAL PIN WITH.

RIVER WYE 6LB CHUB, AND DON'T I LOOK HAPPY! THIS ONE 10 MINUTES AFTER MOON L.O ON FEB 11TH 04. LQ-2, "GRIM" WAS THE MOON FORECAST AND GRIM WERE CONDITIONS, MISTY AND STILL. PERFECT FOR BIG CHUB................

26/1/05 FM+1 "EXCELLENT".

A very surprising 6lb 2oZ wye Tench aound 13.20 (L.O 13.05) more of a surpise as the river was cold at just under 6oc following many frosty nights, the fish took a bunch of red maggots.

Followed this around 14.30 with a P.B 3lb 6oz brown trout.

2.8 PERCH, 18/8/04. NM+2.

THIS ONE CAME AROUND 13.35 AND WAS ONE OF A RUN OF BIG PERCH, WHY THESE ANGLERS IN THE ANGLING PRESS KEEP ON ABOUT DUSK BEING THE BEST TIME FOR PERCH(AND ALL SPECIES) IS BEYOND ME. JUST ABOUT ALL MY PERCH OVER 2LB HAVE COME ON HOT SUNNY AFTERNOONS