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With
June 16th finally here, I should have been excited,
right? Well, actually as keen as I was to get on the
Rivers and Drains, I just couldn't get excited about
the first venue on my hit list. Probably for the
first time in writing for various magazines, I
actually was regretting my choice for a certain
piece, for one of them. As you can quite clearly see
by this website, Rudd are a firm favourite of mine,
and I was very lucky to find a fantastic Rudd haven
in my younger years. For pretty much every year
since, I have enjoyed fantastic Rudd sport and
really have reaped the rewards. This year however,
my heart really hasn't been into the venue, and
thoughts of other pioneering adventures have been
much higher on my priorities, but still, I needed to
get a promised article in the bag!
The
first night of the season was a dead loss, with only
one large Rudd slipping up to the float fished corn
baits, but this was lost at the net. After this
session, a roaming approach was decided on, but in a
short evening session not a single Rudd made it's
presence known. This was frustrating, not only could
I still not move onto elsewhere due to the looming
article, but I can honestly say I've never really
struggled to catch one of the large Rudd. After four
sessions I finally landed my target, a lovely 2lb
9oz Rudd. I went on to add a few more decent fish as
well, but they all had one thing in common, they all
looked like they had been through the wars.
During every session I also saw something else which
put me off the water; other anglers! Having so many
other quiet waters around me, I have got a little
spoilt with regards to where I fish. A few more fish
did come during the few sessions I had, including a
1lb 11oz Silver Bream, many Tench to 6lb 2oz, plus
three Carp to 17lb 4oz on floating bread crust.
I'm
sure I will continue to fish the Drain in the future
for its inhabitants, but for now, I really want to
get looking into some other waters I have in mind.
One of these waters has potential to completely blow
the Rudd in the Drain away, in terms of size, but it
will take a bit more effort to crack. With River
Carp being another aim for this season, this was to
be my next venture, and I had just the place in
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