With an extended bank holiday weekend and a decent forecast we jumped in the van and headed down the A303 to Devon, for a spot of camping. Dawlish Warren was our chosen destination and although this wasn’t a fishing trip, of course the lure rods came along too.
Firstly a massive thanks to John Cheyne and the LACC for making today’s BLAC qualifier happen after problems with availability on the original venue.
Was a tough day with low levels of visibility but I got lucky with an early run of nice Perch before the first of the boats came through. It was then followed by a demoralising, fish-less 4 hours before I had another bite! I really find this water tough! Still, it was good enough for second place on the day.
Back to back BLAC. Sunday saw round 6 of the qualifiers fished on a huge stretch of the Grand Union Canal, close to the M25.
One of two lure caught Gudgeon I had in the GUC BLAC qualifier on Sunday (Report to follow)
After the Hungerford BLAC event on Saturday, Newbury angler Mark Taylor kindly offered to show me around some of his local trout waters. I duly obliged.
Exhausted. But what a cracking, fishing filled weekend that was.
Saturday saw nearly 50 anglers descend upon my local stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal at Hungerford for the 5th British Lure Angling Championships qualifier this year.
First of this year’s trips down to Swanage Pier and the first of the fish. It was clear that the Scorpos were back with a vengeance. Team Taylor (Mark and Sam) were into double figures by the time I got there. Young Sam was rinsing us. Well done Sam.
Happening with increased frequency lately. I wonder if smaller fish become more predatory during the peak spawning periods? Anyway, this one was a clonker of a Ruffe!
