I have to say, I felt completely out of tune with the river... It was obvious the moment that I arrived that much had changed since my previous session!
The weather looked good, a cloudy windless evening after 3 days of bright sunshine and no wind. The water level and flow looked good and as I cast out my freelined spam in my favourite tree swim it looked good for a bite!
But the action was very slow. I couldn't get my float to trot properly, the freelined rod kept getting snagged and after several frustrating tangles in cramped conditions I decided to make things easier for myself and move to houseboat bay.
Luckily for me, I was saved from a blank by this fat chub!
The light was gone by 8pm and I ended up packing down in the near darkness...
I think that maybe it for evening sessions on the river for 2017!