The new boots for the Jimny have been excellent so far, the previous tyres were past their best to be honest with the n/s left showing ones cornering prowess after 5 years of ownership, I now know its (relatively low) limits, where as a Jimny as a passenger you'd be left thinking is this your final time on earth.
Anyway 4x4 Tyres in Stratford-Upon-Avon came to the rescue and fitted some Cooper Discoverer AT3 ALL Terrain tyres. It's situated in the middle of a huge solar array farm which I've always admired from afar mainly because of the sheer size of it, anyway decent service and a nice waiting room.
Talking about waiting, looking back at my blog my sessions here and there haven't resulted in anything decent for a long time and I must admit it's testing ones resolve, however knowing there is a huge fish that I would love to catch swimming around in these waters has meant these short sessions suit me down to the ground.
After the recent rain the Avon has been bombing through however I'd arrive at a high river that has just started to drop, it's on the way home from work which is handy, so for this session I'd arrive at 4.45pm and would be leaving half an hour after dusk. Not a huge amount of fishing time but with the swims limited I could fish I was hoping Barbara would be home in one of the two swims I'd fish.
I'd bait one up first and then fish that swim if the first swim wasn't doing anything. Fishing for a single fish isn't my bag usually but with some nice chub here as well, at least if one of those was caught instead then it could be a good un.
Anyway a chunk of spam on one rod, and a hot fish boilie and a paste wrap on the other, both with Dynamite Big Fish Shrimp and Krill stuffed in the feeder. It's such a pungent mix this and I've had some good results down the Wye with it, it has always been in ones armoury.
I decided to tip the boilie rod with a few worms as well as extra attraction and after both set-ups dropped to the bed with a satisfying donk at least I knew both baits was presented ok. Anyway throughout the short session it was clear there was small fish in the swim as the worms were getting mullered but an hour in the bigger fish were just now showing.
I gave it a good go and tried the other swim as well without even as much as a chub clang in to dusk and a bit beyond. The river is dropping nicely now and I've got a window of opportunity on Wednesday after work to give it another go. This time I might try another area entirely to see if I'm missing a trick. Still with some sea fishing to look forward to I'm hoping in that time, the fish will settle in to their new normal and river conditions will settle down a bit, at least it was nice being out in the fresh mild air.
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