WELCOME TO ANOTHER BLOG AGAIN ON THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL IN TIVERTON DEVON TODAY THE FORECAST IS THE BEST IT AS BEEN FOR OVER 6 WEEKS WITH BRIGHT CLEAR SKY'S WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE VERY GOOD BUT THE WEATHER WAS DRY AND WITH LIGHT WINDS I WAS JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT FISHING ON A NICE CALM DAY SO I MADE MY WAY UP TO THE CANAL I WAS GOING TO BE FISHING WITH ON OF MY MATES TODAY COLIN WE DID NOT ARRANGE A TIME WHEN WE WERE GOING TO MEET WE BOTH SAID THAT WHO EVER WAS UP THERE FIRST WOULD PICK WERE WE FISH.I WAS UP THERE FIRST SO I PICKED TO FISH THE BASIN END I FOUND A PEG THAT LOOKED GOOD AND THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO FISH WELL IT WAS IN THE CANAL BASIN WHICH WAS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE TURNING BAY WHICH WAS THE DEEPEST PART ON THE TOWN END OF THE CANAL SET MY GEAR UP AND GOT ONE MATCH TOP 3 KIT OUT ALSO I WAS GOING TO FISH THE SHORT 4 METER WHIP TO MY LEFT HAND SIDE I PLUMBED UP MY POLE LINE FIRST AT ABOUT 8 METERS AT DEAD DEPTH ON THIS LINE I FED A CUP OF LIQUIDISED BREAD AND LEFT IT WHILE I STARTED SETTING UP MY WHIP AT 4 METER TO MY LEFT I ALSO PLUMBED THIS RIG UP AT DEAD DEPTH THEN I WENT ON TO HAVE A CHAT WITH MY MATE HE WAS STILL SETTING UP SO AFTER A CATCH UP I WAS GOING TO GET BACK AND START FISHING I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE HARD FISHING AS THE TEMP HAD FELL OVER NIGHT I SHIPPED OUT USING A 4MM BREAD PUNCH BUT I DID HAVE A BITE STRAIGHT AWAY SO IT WAS LOOKING GOOD BUT I MISSED THE 1ST BITE AND THE THE NEXT 6 BITS SO I WAS A BIT P****d OFF SO I CHANGED THE WHICH WAS A SIZE 22 HOOK TO A SIZE 20 WIDE GAPE HOPING THIS WOULD MAKE A DEFERENCE I STUCK TO THE 4MM BREAD PUNCH AND HAD A BITE STRAIGHT AWAY AFTER CHANGING TO A WIDE GAPE HOOK THIS TIME I DIDN'T MISS THE BITE BUT IT WAS A VERY SMALL ROACH I HAD 4 OR MAYBE 5 MORE OF THESE REALLY SMALL FISH BEFORE I DECIDED TO FEED ANOTHER CUP OF BAIT AFTER FEEDING THE 8 METER SWIM AGAIN I WENT OUT AND FISHED THE WHIP BUT I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING I HAD A COUPLE OF BITES BUT I THINK IT WAS THE REALLY SMALL MOTHERLESS MINNOWS I FEED SOME SLOP ON THIS WHIP LINE AS THE WATER IS NOW STARTING TO BECOME VERY CLEAR AS IT DOSE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I WAS HOPING THE SLOP WOULD LEAVE A NICE COULD IN THE WATER AND THAT THE COULD MAT ATTRACT A FISH OR 2 ON THE WHIP LINE I LEFT THE WHIP LINE AND WENT BACK ON THE POLE AT 8 METERS BUT BY NOW I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET ANY BITES AT ALL WITH THE BRIGHT SUN ON THE VERY CLEAR WATER I THINK WITH THIS YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THE FISHING TO BE VERY HARD BUT I WAS GOING TO KEEP TRYING I STARTED GETTING A FEW BITES NOW BUT THEY WERE VERY SENSITIVE BITES WHEN I WAS LIFTING INTO THEM THERE WAS NOTHING THERE AS THEY ARE VERY VERY SMALL FISH . SO AFTER ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES OF STRUGGLING ON THE POLE I TRIED THE WHIP OVER THE SLOP I FED ABOUT HALF A HOUR AGO I WAS GOING TO FISH THE WHIP FOR THE REST OF THE SESSION AS I WAS ONLY GOING TO FISH UNTIL HALF PAST 3 SO WITH A HOUR OF FISHING TIME LEFT THE SUN HAD STARTED GOING DOWN AND IT HAD GOT VERY COLD THE TEMP HAD DROPED FROM 9oC DOWN TO ABOUT 1oC OR EVEN LOWER WITHIN A SHORT TIME OF ABOUT 45 MINUTES BUT THE FISHING WAS NO BETTER IN THE LAST HOUR ON THE WHIP AS IT HAD BEEN FOR THE DAY I HAD 4 MORE ROACH WITH THE BIGGEST SO FAR OF THE DAY WHICH WAS ONLY 4OZ SO AFTER HAVING A CHAT WITH MY MATE WE BOTH DECIDED IT HAD BEEN A HARD DAY AND AS IT HAD GOT VERY COLD AND WE WOULD CALL IT A DAY HE HAD 8 SMALL FISH BIGGEST OF MAYBE 8-9 OZ WHICH WAS A ROACH AND I ENDED UP WITH 10-12 VERY SMALL FISH BIGGEST OF ABOUT 4OZ SO WE PACKED UP AND HEADED OFF OUR OWN WAYS ME ALONG THE TOWPATH AND ME MATE DOWN TOWARDS THE CAR PARK WERE HE PARKED THIS MORNING HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE BLOGS MORE COMING SOON PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT OR PLEASE LEAVE FEED BACK BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM SOME OF MY READERS UNTIL NEXT TIME TIGHT LINE AND BE SAFE
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LEE
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