Rain forecast at the fishery for 07.30 today, so set out to arrive at 07.00 to get set up. Starting rain at 06.45 on the way there...good start..set up in the rain. Set up my Bruce & Walker S/U Avon/Carp rod with 10lb line and a size 6 Ronnie rig with a mix of 10/12/16mm pop ups. All in all had around a dozen runs and missed 11of them, the one I did hit felt like a lump, but proceeded to bury itself in a weed bank until the line finally gave way after 15 mins of tugging & pulling...Meanwhile set up a pellet waggler rod and had one take rewarding me with a 7lb 11oz Common... Finished the day with a roach on sweetcorn....So all in all a busy, damp/wet day with little to show for it....

With storms & heavy rain forecast I stayed under the duvet till 8 am this morning, then once it started to clear packed the gear, picked up my Granddaughter & headed for or local WDNAC water at Ringstead....Bit of a mixed day weather wise, rain & cloud then baking sun, but the fish did feed. I only had the three a nice skimmer, a Chub & a very nice Crucian Carp, fishing with my Hardy Richard Walker Avon & float tackle close in with sweetcorn. Meanwhile the Granddaughter fishing with her trusty pole on the far bank & occasionally dropping back in the margins, managed 14 Carp to 4lb, a Tench's Bream & a Roach.......Good practice for her match tomorrow....

Up & on the bank as the sun came up this morning, after those elusive Tinca's..On arrival, fed the swim with 3 good handfuls of micro pellets & half a can of sweetcorn while I got set up. Once settled with my newest acquisition a Chapman 500 paired with my Rapidex & 6lb line we were good to go. So on goes a Korum size 14 Power hook with 2 grains of sweetcorn followed by another handful... At 7am the float slid under & we were in, a rather nice 4lb 10oz Tinca,, Then we have the Rudd move back in for a couple of hours. We finally had another Tench but only one of last years litter at 9oz, a pristine beauty. Caught a small Perch on sweetcorn! Finally upped sticks around 10am and moved to another lake...Had a few roach & lost a good carp when it threw the hook after giving it some slack to get him out of the dense weed. Packed up not long after lunch..Not a bad session all in all....

So after the bites drying up on our Tench pool I moved down to WDNAC Ringstead Fishery...Setting up the same rod & reel with 6lb line & sweetcorn on a 14 hook, restarted again...It turned out to be quite a good 3 hour session in the heat. We had 3 Roach to 7oz, 3 Silver Bream to 2lb 3oz & 2 Mirror Car to around the 3lb+ mark. So all in all a good day all-round...

Up & out on the bank for 6am this morning, with my Allcocks Super Wizard & my Rapidex centre pin after those elusive Tincas. After feeding the swim they finally took the float under just after 9am. I had 3 fish at 5lb 13oz, 6lb 6oz & 3lb 12oz all within the space of 45 mins and then they were gone. Now I'm not a specimen hunter or a must have a net full of fish person, I just love my style of angling & what it stands for. So 3 fish in less than an hour 2 of which around the 6lb mark is up there was a bit of a red letter moment...

Today I had a day out with my Granddaughter Phoebe...She chose to go to Float fish Farm near Peterborough...A bit of a hit and miss day...I had about 5 Roach, a Bream & 3 Carp. Phoebe as usual caught more than me, with 9 Carp a Bream and several Roach...

Wednesday the 22nd July saw us on an early morning Tench session at a small syndicate water we belong to in deepest Leicestershire. After trying mussels & I have to admit it, a dreaded pop up for a couple of hours with the method feeder & 2mm crab pellets.I switched to double sweetcorn on the 14 hook & loosefed over the top. Thirty minutes later the swingtip jumped into life & a lovely 6lb 3oz Tinca was on the unhooking mat.