8th may 2014

                                      WINDY EVENING ON THE TIVERTON CANAL

                                                                 

         Welcome back to another blog on the canal today it was a wet and windy day but the afternoon was meant to be brighter and dry but with strong wind i decided to fish a stretch on the canal known as the deadstreatch i got up there at about 4 pm and started setting my gear up about 4 pegs down from William Arther's foot bridge it was not to bad but there was a strong wind but third  was a bit more sheltered  then the rest of the canal because of the win today i was going to fish the waggler down the middle of the canal were the boat channel was i plumbed up and fed about 4 or 5 balls of bread crumb lightly squeezed and fired out a few maggots i only fished maggot and to cut a long story short i had a ok session i fished for 3 and a half hours and had half a dozed roach from about 4 oz up to just over half a pound an few skimmers and on the last cast i hooked into a tench but pulled out of it after a few seconds that would have been my first canal tench of the year i was gutted but i had enjoyed the session and started packing up i have about 4lb or 5lb of fish and packed and headed home thanks for reading and tight lines