two mens story of fishy exploits

went out on a session last thursday .

arrived at the lake at 5.30pm

it was as still as a millpond and there were fish rolling all over the lake .

the weed had really took hold i the pegs i wanted to fish , but one was clear from about 20yards out .

i set up the rods , fired out about 12 spods full of bait and positioned the rods .

one drop back bite all night was not boding well for a bag up session lol .

at 11.30am  on the friday i had one blip on my left hand rod , a drop back bite , hit it and fetched in a nice bream of 8lb 5oz . at one point i thought i was gonna have to go in after it when it weeded itself up .

at 2.45pm  i had a solid take , the alarm screamed and line was stripping from my reel like crazy .

after a spirited fight where it ran into weed time and again i managed to slip the net under a beautiful female tench .

slipping her into the weighsack , and reading the scales she went to 9lb exactly .

after all the struggles with spawning and the weather , to get a fish like her was a real buzz .

pictures to follow a.s.a.p folks