Sunday 4th may 2014

                              BACK FISHING ON THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL


           Welcome back to my latest blog its been a while since my last blog but i am back on the banks now the weather is getting better so today i decided it was time to start doing a couple hours this evening the barge was due back in at 4:30 so i decided to go up and fish a area behind the school on a spot were i fish a lot last year and had some good session i was just on the left hand side of school bay were there was a large weed bed on the right at the far bank and the rest was full of reeds and weed i set my box up and got the bait sorted i was only going to fish the bread so i decide i would fish the waggle this evening so i got the rod out the sleeve and put the reels on i then saw the horse drawn barge was coming so i stood in the hedge and it passed i started setting up my rod i was using a self weighted waggler that only took 3 no 6 swan shots and 2 number 8 dropper shots i tied on a size 16 whisker barbed hook and plumbed up using a sgg i was going to fish it over depth by about 2 inches it was only about 2 ft deep as i was fishing on the far bank shelf i feed 5 or 6 medium balls of bread crumb and left it while i set the net up and put the keep net in. after it settled  down i started off fishing on the waggle fishing on the bread flake i didn't have my first bite for about 10 Min's but then i had the small skimmer pic below and carried on fishing for about another 2 hrs without a bite but every time i looked to my left there was a kayak or motor boat coming which didn't help but after the boats had gone back i fed another couple ball of crumb and carried on fising the flake i went on to have one more fish a bream which is pictured in the pic below i missed a few more bite again on the flake before it started getting dark but i then had to start packing as it was dark but for the first evening on the canal i really did enjoy it and it was the first of many evening session i hope i have a couple of evening sweep coming up over the next few Fridays so i will try and bring you as many blogs as i can nut until next time be safe and tight lines .

lee