jon atkinson
Well-known member
Picked up my 2018 St Helens card plus some reds & caster yesterday on my way into work. It was my plan to fish Blackbrook Basin today but on examination of the permit, it appears that St Helens has recently acquired the rights to 3/4 mile stretch of the Dee just outside Wrexham - prime grayling territory plus chub, dace & barbel... apparently. Unfortunately the directions / map are rather vague & there is nothing on the website yet, so I played safe & went to the basin, but I will definitely be giving the Dee a go sooner rather than later as had been looking at day ticket stretches anyway.
Anyway, hard going at the basin & it felt colder than the thermometer would have you believe. A small roach on red maggot, a few better ones on single caster, not a sniff on bread punch. There were 3 others fishing when I arrived, all on lures after pike, but I didn't see any joy for them either. Forecast for the coming week looks bl**dy dire, rain-wise, so that Dee trip might have to wait a bit
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Anyway, hard going at the basin & it felt colder than the thermometer would have you believe. A small roach on red maggot, a few better ones on single caster, not a sniff on bread punch. There were 3 others fishing when I arrived, all on lures after pike, but I didn't see any joy for them either. Forecast for the coming week looks bl**dy dire, rain-wise, so that Dee trip might have to wait a bit