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Wednesday 7 December 2016

#11 Army Surplus

Up to Old Skool 6  now so must be around 1990. Clearly did a lot of chub fishing. Pleased with this as a first page of an album, and obviously printed by someone who took some time. In those days chaps we had to wait about a week to get the prints back, longer for slides. You never knew what you were going to get.

The Colne, Sheepen Road. Must have traded up from the Avon scales to some Waymasters. Why are scales plural?




Came across a huge shoal of roach from the tree right back up the straight. Me and two other chap of the angle  were just mesmerised. Many, many yards in length. Colchester North Station on the brow of the hill used to have the longest continual platform in Europe,. A three station town (inc St. Botolphs and The Hythe)


Mostly on the meat. Loved my Lafuma low chair. Till my arse got too fat



Did fish else where. This being Nayland top stretch on the Stour. A broke back chuurb


And another form that swim.




On to Frating Bottom pond..

Messers Guzzagog and Sibbons match fishing


I presume Glen did fart?


For a while the dam was the spot to fish, very close in over hemp. Maintaining the meat theme. Nice evening mixed bag. Leather a good double. On the Hutchie 12  foot 1.75tc rods.


 Fishing close did mean fishing very close.


A very pretty Frating fish and obviously my Army Surplus phase.


Did lots of quick morning sessions before (Nursing) college as well. Always got stuck at the bottom of Clingoe Hill.  Seems my bois  have lifted some of these dawn shots for their avatars/home pages...can't beat the smell of a summer dawn.


Two little morning scamps


Yes, deffo Army Surplus.


Float fishing again, this time on the Match Pit. 1.02 and pic taken by Dave Lake



Alresford, bottom fish from Sandbank


And lastly some Colne fish from a little higher up Remembrance Avenue.


Flake on the Menu? The pike certainly was on flake as well. Had been trying for some decent roach undr  abridge  but chevin and esox muscled in.

Only one more Essex album to go before our decamp to God's County.























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