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I arrived at the water at 3pm and the sun was shining and there was a brisk south westerly...just how I like it for tench
. I made my way round to a shallow part of the water where the wind was blowing straight in my face. Anyhow from the off I was harassed by small rudd and perch, even with 12 maggots on a 14's hook they managed to engulf it. Eventually after catching god only knows how many rudd I hit into a tench which put up a spirited fight, even whilst playing it I could see it had a really nice colour, a lovely yellow belly which you don't seem to see so often these days. It wasn't a large fish but as it was the first tench of the year I weighed it at an ounce or two over 5lb. After a few more rudd and perch I hooked into another tench which like the first one gave a good account of itself but i'd say it was a pound or so lighter. The clouds had gathered and it was spitting and was obviously gonn'a throw it down so I wrapped up and marched back to the wheels on the double, just in time as the skys opened up as I closed the car boot !!



