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off the oche down the river off the oche down the river a haphazard blog of pleasure fishing in warwickshire and beyond thursday 28 august 2025 spring 2 3rds of summer not a lot to report since my last update in march i didn t fish at all in the traditional closed season prolonged periods of warm dry weather and painfully low river levels have seriously dampened my enthusiasm for running water sport so far and it s nearly september my river hours amount to less than 4 which is more than the number of fish caught zero just two very short sessions in crazy temperatures albeit both at last knockings in late june in consecutive weeks nothing doing expectations were low as was the river blythe i had a couple of short dabbles on a local estate lake which yielded a few roach perch and bream one in mid july the other just into august rain is most definitely needed and plenty of it i have a wye trip coming up soon so that s definitely a mood improver and guaranteed to get me fishing again it s been 7 years since i last fished the wye so i m looking forward to that one posted by sean at 08 53 1 comment friday 14 march 2025 blythe river blythe 4 50pm to 6 45pm overcast calm 9c dropped to 5c river normal fished 2 swims 1 chub 2lbs worked from home so i could grab the last couple of hours down the blythe managed a chub first cast inside a minute meatball doing the trick decided to rest the swim and moved down 20 yards for a few chucks nothing materialised so i moved back to the starting point i hooked into something much better with 20 mins to go but it did me over in a downstream snag thoroughly cheesed off i pressed on into darkness but the tip was motionless it went beautifully quiet in those final moments of the season river flat calm not a breath of wind just the occasional squawk of a pheasant and the hoot of an owl a peaceful close i m planning to take a breather for a few weeks to catch up on some much needed work at home i ll return in may for some stillwater action posted by sean at 11 30 no comments friday 7 march 2025 avon pb warks avon 11 20am to 4 15pm sunny intervals light breeze pleasant 15c river normal fished 3 swims a day off work just the morning school run to do and i was off the leash i wasn t sure where to go to be honest seriously considered the anker for a total change but opted for the avon syndicate water in the end inspired by recent efforts of others started by trotting maggots at the downstream end a biteless hour ensued time to wander upstream out with the bigger guns this time with 2 feeder rods one with meat and the other with maggots meat motionless maggots sucked only by minnows one of which kindly hung itself and technically saved a blank clutching at straws i know i began to nod off and contemplated jumping in the car to try elsewhere but a walk upstream freshened the mind and i found a couple of swims that looked promising i kept a low profile and primed both swims just inside the crease line with pieces of meat i backed off for 15 minutes before caving in and making a cast i grabbed the phone for a quick photo and while the phone was in my hand the tip slammed round barely a minute after casting out it quickly became obvious that it wasn t a chub a powerful fight kicked off but luckily for me and my 6lb hooklength it didn t go for any snags after a few short runs up popped a barbel and a very decent one too straight into the net first time phew which was to be the last service for the net on lifting the barbel the net buckled and broke the penny then dropped at just how big and solid it was i had to lie flat on the ground to reach down and grab the mesh so i could safely lift the fish out a clear pb for me it went 15 2 on the scales but after deducting 24oz of mangled net i settled for 13lb 10oz i gave it plenty of recovery time before it kicked away strongly was it barbara that mick has been on the lookout for we ll keep an open mind on that thrilled to bits with that as i haven t fished for barbel much in recent years indeed the last one i caught was in the summer of 2021 i have a wye weekender booked for later in the year so i hopefully won t have another 1 000 days to wait for the next one all being well i ll get out for one last chub smash and grab raid before the season ends if not the estate lake needs a little investigation next posted by sean at 12 13 2 comments saturday 1 march 2025 blythe river blythe 4 35pm to 6 25pm sunny calm 9c river normal clear fished 2 swims 1 chub 3lb 3oz meat just the one fish 1st cast mental fight quite lucky to coax it from a snag or two not the longest fish but solid posted by sean at 14 19 no comments saturday 22 february 2025 blythe river blythe 3 40pm to 6 10pm rain shower on arrival cleared quickly 12c river normal level and clear fished 3 swims an odd session 3 bites one strike to find zero resistance another bite saw resistance and a quick pull out the last action was a hook up at last knockings after a quick tussle i thought i d got lucky but the chub did me over in a nearside snag and my lead was flung upwards into the tree canopy above tail between legs i had to take another blank posted by sean at 14 04 no comments saturday 8 february 2025 blythe river blythe 3 40pm to 5 40pm drizzle cleared late on 2c river low and clear fished 2 swims blank miserable effort to match the dreary weather best left at that posted by sean at 10 48 no comments saturday 1 february 2025 double header part 1 estate lake 12 40pm to 2 20pm water coloured deadbaited for pike 1 rod blank part 2 river blythe 3 40pm to 5 20pm fished 2 swims 2 chub meatball 3lb 3oz and 4lb 3oz estate lake was more of a recce to see if there are any signs of life in winter and there were fish topping throughout just no activity on my exploratory deadbait rod probably a mistake as the water was heavily coloured but i wanted to force myself to do something different i started to nod off so it was time to leave the blythe was in good nick though fining down from much higher levels earlier in the week the above gave a great scrap from a hit and hold and hope swim at one point my lead was dangling like a christmas tree decoration from a nearside bush while the chub had embedded itself in a snag below with a prod from the landing net in a chubby direction a deft flick of the rod tip to free the lead and it was game on again i won soon after but the end tackle suffered damage and barely held out it needed a total change all good fun though still enjoying these short river sessions chub are a real saviour right now posted by sean at 14 51 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2025 11 august 1 spring 2 3rds of summer march 3 february 3 january 4 2024 1 december 1 2023 1 january 1 2022 5 may 1 march 2 february 1 january 1 2021 2 june 1 january 1 2020 13 december 13 2019 2 december 1 january 1 2018 10 december 1 november 1 october 2 september 1 july 2 march 1 february 1 january 1 2017 16 december 2 november 1 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