July update on all fronts

It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote on the blog. Life in general has been a bit manic. My new job is very demanding at present and I feel burnt out by around 3 p.m. each day hopefully it will start to settle down. I had the option to select early voluntary redundancy (no guarantee that I would get it) but ticked the option to stay, I can just see it on my headstone... here lies Ivan Currie, he ticked the wrong box'.

The fishing has also been full on with hours spent on preparation the Saturday before them match. We had a Super League Practise on the Huntspill 6th July following by an Angling Trust Teams of 10 on the same venue yesterday. I drew the middle section twice and within 5 pegs of each other. Generally a poor draw on the north bank and in the main only the end pegs produced, I only weighed in 3lb on both occasions, both times in the middle of the section. The strange thing is I did enjoy the venue, the potential is there, if only the fish were spread out a bit more. Bream dominated and if you were on them you had a decent day. In the middle sections were I was most anglers caught early and then little or nothing. Good turn outs with 70 anglers yesterday and about 50 odd the week before. Yesterdays Angling Trust match result was dominated by the Thatchers Team delivering a very consistent performance as a team and individual pick ups, quality.
We had a bit of a drains up after the match and Dom Sullivan made a very good point, we need to take on board what he said and put it into practise at this weekends Super League match back on the Huntspill.

On a more positive note the River Kenn has been fishing its head off, here is the press report I sent off a couple of weeks ago with Dan Dymonds picture.

New River Season opens in style

The fishing season on rivers commenced on 16^th June and North Somerset’s River Kenn which flows through Clevedon is producing excellent bags of bream, hybrids, perch and eels. The river from the M5 Motor Way bridge down to the outfall at the sea wall is easily accessible and suitable for disabled anglers. Most methods are catching fish but early mornings and evenings are the best times to go. The fishing is controlled by Clevedon Freshwater Angling Club who also have 5 miles of fishing on the Bristol Avon and Paddock Lake at Acorn Fishery Kingston Seymour. A season permit for fishing the rivers is £20 or £35 just to fish the Paddock Lake, a combined permit is £50, concessionary rates and day permits are also available, all through local tackle shops. For more information please visit http://clevedon-fwac.webs.com.

Pictured is Dan Dymond with a fantastic 90lb of quality bream caught in the first week of the season on the River Kenn.

Dan

 Last weekend there was a match on the Kenn, here are the results.........

1st Dan Dymond 71lb 10oz

2nd Adie Baker 71lb 9oz

3rd Steve Bonwick 53lb 4oz

4th Scott Smallwood 51lb 4oz

Here is a pic of one of the nets being carried up to the scales.

Dan and Aidie

Club Chairman Steve Bonwick with part of his catch.

The match was dominated by big bream caught on the wag or feeder. I have yet to get on the Kenn this year which is disappointing.

So that's a quick summary, off to tie more hooks, lets hope they get put to good use.