Warwickshire Avon - Jungles and Juramentums

I'm renowned for breaking rods, leaving stuff bankside, ripping my clothes on barbed wire that sort of thing and yesterday when I out my rucksack down in the swim, the bag was wide open and the camera I recently replaced like for like after dropping it in to the Wye, was no longer there 🙈

I retraced my steps twice to no avail and couldn't for the life of me find where I'd dropped it. I even emptied the car of junk where again, it was nowhere to be seen.

It wasn't expensive as it's an old camera but I only bought the replacement in January where it's barely had any use. It was a Sony 63X zoom DSC-H400 and for 80 quid you've a decent bridge camera that is perfect what I need it for. 

Anyway with a couple of hours to kill that dictated the session for me however what I didn't expect was that when I parked my car on the verge when I opened the boot and looked to my left, the camera was literally right there in plain sight. Not just the camera either but the phone mount I use that screws in to the bankstick. That's why the picture yesterday was a bit half arsed.

Result !!!!

That gave me a bit more time to make some more swims as the problem down here at the start of the season is that the bank is like a jungle.

It's that sticky weed stuff that is the issue the stingers fall as easily as Jo Biden on a flat floor. Before I started I fed some groundbait and maggots in to the first swim you come to which has some cover from a tree canopy. 

Two more swims making 4 in total at least there is a few more options now. The water was gin clear where in one of the elevated swims you could see 6 or 7 foot down to the bottom quiet easily. 

On the Warwickshire Avon that can me tough fishing and I wasn't wrong. I fished a small stick float a size 18 hook and 2lb bottom where from the first drift down it was clear that it might take a while because even the minnows didn't have mouths big enough to suck in the maggot(s).

After twenty minutes to be honest I contemplated going home as it started to drizzle but a proper bite when the float went straight under that I missed, at least I knew there were fish worth catching in the swim.

The culprits well it didn't take long after that to find out it was a dace, and then 15 or so followed in about an hour and half. They were also of similar stamp, not the bigger ones that often show up here in winter.

I love catching dace because find a decent shoal they can provide decent sport where other fish are reluctant to feed.

Considering the conditions and how clear it was I was surprised myself but they couldn't resist the maggots the greedy blighters. The rain was starting to get heavier and I didn't want a load of wet maggots again so that was that. The camera found and a few bites, an enjoyable afternoon.