Did the last 92 mile round trip for the season to the upper Witham, unless we get some good rain it's unlikely that I shall visit until autumn sometime.
The stretch is not particularly deep, it is weedy, and apart from a few good bends it is mainly suffering the featureless affects of flood management.
Rather devoid of birdlife generally, as most of the stretch backs on to gardens, so not that many, apart from garden birds, to be seen.
So this year saw my first sessions on the river for chub and I was lucky enough to see that they grow over the 5lb mark, being the captor of a 5:3!
Next year with luck if conditions are right I shall spend a bit more time looking for a 6lb fish.
today they weren't having it.
The Season
Not a great deal to look back on really, apart from my first Thames barbel, two of just over 5lb and 7lb, from Marlow weir.
Really didn't do enough fishing, but I shall be working on improving on that in the coming weeks on some new, to me, stillwaters, the Geronde in May, the Wye in July.
There will also be some early trips to the Trent and a new tidal stretch to fish from the new season.
Hopefully a few guest,offered but not taken up yet, river trips over to the North West
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