So into the third day and Andy, Colin and myself decided that Gilmores was as good a venue as any.................so all met up at 6.30am.
Todays pegging plan was Andy on peg1 AGAIN, Myself on peg2 and Colin on peg3.
The river was in good flow, a tad higher than yesterday but still fishable. As we set up and the first light of day broke through the rain started to fall. Not too heavy but a bit of a concern with the river already high. Thankfully it was only a few showers that we had to suffer and the sun finally broke through later into the morning.
Very, very slow start with next to nothing happening for the first hour but eventually Andy got the pan on and bacon chunk sarnies were cooked by andy. Colin "the sausage burner" avoided the allocated cooking chores for now...............probably just as well all the same. :hangover:
A few roach were had by all in the early part of the day. It was hard to get a bed of feed to sit and fish over and sometimes difficult to hold your bait in the intended spot. I managed a bream after a while followed by another. Poor ol Andy and Colin struggled with bits.
As the day wore on my own swim improved and I managed a couple more bream. One of which scared the living daylights out of Colin as it slapped its tail on the surface as I turned it from the reeds.
Andys swim proved hard work and a bit of makem cursing coloured the Kilrea air.
Colin managed around 25 fish, roach and skimmers.
Andy finished with around 16 fish, quality roach, skimmers and a stonking stripey.
I must have had devine intervention as my swim produced 7 bream and a good mixed bag of the usual.
Andy on peg1. I think he is letting certain people know who the chair belongs too. Hello Mark.
Just in case your in any doubt Mark.
Colin on peg3.
Yours truely wearing my new lucky hat provided by Andy. Yours is in the post I think Mark.
Inside the net and the bream from peg2.
The tail slapper.......................and cause of Colins soiled underwear.
So tonight we are on babysitting duties while Shona has to work, back out tomorow morning. Three guesses where? Andy is nothing if not determined..............he wants to get back on Gilmores to beat the bream. Its a tough life but I suppose I better go with him and keep him company.