I have to admit I was pretty uncertain about my trip the The Viaduct on Sunday. My confidence had taken a big knock (see last weeks post). I was rather tense about the whole thing. But it is of course important to dust yourself down and get back on the wagon again.
I got down quite early and set up on my favourite corner peg. People were fishing already. The fine weather bringing out the crowds...
I was very careful setting up.
One ledger with sweetcorn and hair rigged pellet, aimed towards the central island. I didn't fish it tight, mainly because I didn't want to get tangled up.
One float with cheese paste, homemade!
More importantly I had my brand new baiting handle. 7M out I plopped in a good glug of hemp and chucked the float out. A couple of early bites ensued but I missed them.
Then the bite alarm went off and I was into a little Carp about 2IBs. It all went well. No hook-pulls, good stuff.

Little beauty
The float went quiet so I swapped to a juicy worm. A few minutes later it was under. A Bream!
It wasnt foggy - my lens was covered in mud
I was going to drop him in the keep net but I felt a bit sorry for him. He looked so unhappy...
So a plopped him back.
I tried putting bread but it kept falling off every cast. In the end I literally dipped it in by my peg. Bites came aplenty.
First a nice Roach, then another alright Roach and then... a Tench!
Haven't caught one for at least 15 odd years!
I was well pleased.
Meanwhile the bite alarm went off and another small carp was landed.
The bread started to annoy me a bit as it was just falling off even when dipped in!
I swapped back to worm and ended up with a dinky Perch. I thought it would be bigger as it scrapped pretty hard.
The tension was over. I'm back in the game :-)
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