48 HR SESSION, NENE VALLEY FISHERIES ( 10. 7. 13 )

It’s Been Some Time Since I Did Some Angling Under The Stars, And Even Longer Since I’d Been Angling With A Friend I Have Known For Years Now! Myself ( Matt ) And ( Nick Rudge ) Hit The Road Around 3.00pm Weds Afternoon ( 10 7. 13 ) And Headed To Northampton And To Nene Valley Fisheries To Be Exact, A Water I ( Matt ) Have Had On The Radar For Sometime Now And One ( Nick ) Fished Around Twelve Months Ago.

There Are A Large Volume Of Un Tapped Waters On The Complex Which Are Stunning! With The Time Available Myself And ( Nick ) Have Decided To Target One Of The Smaller Lakes The Complex Has To Offer Which Is Called Three Corner Lake

( Three Corner Lake )

We Had A Good Look Around And I Mean A Good Look For Nearly Up To Two Hours When We Arrived And Spoke In Length To Jason The Lad Who Runs The Complex, We Had A Nice Wind Blowing To The Left Of The Lake And Jason Said It Was A New Wind And Not To Be Ignored! So The Advice Was Taken On Board And Myself And ( Nick ) Found Two Swims Next To Each Other On That Area Of The Lake.

The First Task Was To Lead About, In The Marginal Areas There Were Signs Of Canadian Pond Weed Which Lingered For Around A Rod Length From The Bank Before The Water Deepened. We Both Had A Good Lead About And Both Our Results Were The Same As We Found A Carpet Of The Same Weed All The Way Across Our Swims, Absolutley Nothing To Worry About And If You Didn’t Already Know? Canadian Is Not A Bad Weed To Present A Bait In!

( Rig Choice ) Now We Spoke In Length About This Through Our Journey To Northampton And Three Rigs Were Mentioned.

* Snowman Rig

* Withy Rig

* Chod Rig ( Naked )

I Previously Mentioned ( Nick ) Had Fished Here Twelve Months Ago And He Had Some Good Success Banking Three Fish And All On The Snowman Presentation, Using Slow Sinking Baits And Rig Foam Ensuring His Rig Sits On Top Of The Weed.

So As We Tackled Up And Dusk Began To Fall All Three Presentations Mentioned Above Were Cast To Likely Looking Areas And We Got Our Selves Settled For The Night Ahead. I’d Also Like To Mention At The Time Of Writing This Blog The UK Is Experiencing Some Very Warm Weather And In This Session We Had Highs From Twenty Eight To Thirty Degrees For It’s Duration, Far From Ideal Fishing Conditions In Our Opinion.

( Matt’s Swim )

The First Night Passed With Only A Good Nights Rest To Report Sadly, The Second Day Began With Overcast And Muggy Conditions, But Pleased To Say The Wind Was Still Hacking To Our Left, But By Ten O’clock The Sun Was Up High Again And Doing It’s Worse So The Decision Was Made To Reel In Pepper Our Areas With Free Offerings And Go Off Exploring, There Are A Numerous Amount Of Lakes And Carpy Looking Areas On The Complex The Stills Below Are A Few Shots Taken Whilst Walking 

( Carpers Paradise )

After Exploring We Both Returned To Our Swims Early Afternoon And Consumed A Very Unhealthy Kebab Meat And Chips We Purchased From The Local Town. Rods Were Back On The Spots And Were To Be Left Until Around Eight When We’d Re Spot For The Second Night. Very Encouraging Signs Emerged On Our Return Certainly In ( Nick’s ) Swim Were We Both Saw At Least Six Shows All On The Far Side Of His Swim. Carp Were Present Which Was A Big Confidence Booster!

Nothing Happened During The Afternoon And Most Of It Was Spent Water Watching, Lazing Around In The Sun, Chain Drinking Coffee And Numerous Carpy Chats.

Rods And Spots Replenished For The Evening What Did Night Number Two Have In Store?………..

Answer……… Another Quiet Night, But By Nine The Sound Of A Steve Neville Bite Alarm Could Be Heard Which Was In ( Nick’s ) Swim, I Jogged The Short Journey To Arrive And See Him Landing One Of The Lakes Resident Tench. A Proper Dark And Typical Gravel Pit Tench We Never Weighed It But It Was Easily Seven Possibly Even Eight Pounds, Fin Perfect And Very Welcome GOOD ANGLING !!!

( Tinker Time )

( Nick ) Has Caught Some Massive Tench In His Time Up To Twelve Pounds And This Is Another One Added To His Collection And It Saved The Blank!

Shortly After The Sun Was Doing It’s Worse Again So We Packed Up And Hit The Road For Home. A Very Impressive Venue And We Are Both Already Planning The Return Session

Until The Next Blog Tight Lines And Happy Angling

                                                                                             Matt

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