Follyfoot fishery had been suggested by an angler I got chatting to up at Bradley's Lake on the Cotswold Water Park a couple of weeks ago. I'd had it on my list of places to check out but always though it was too far away from Bristol...

Not so! It only takes 40 minutes to get there and as I was coming from my 1st stop on this years tour at Festival Fishery in Glastonbury, it was even nearer.

After a rain soaked 48 hours at the previous venue, I was really looking forward to kipping in a hut ;) And the fishing was amazing!

Absolutely terrible weather... It rained pretty much solidly on Thursday and Friday... The journey down from Bristol was a shocker seeing me arrive at 9pm rather than 7pm...

But I banked a fish! Which was a real result as the whole lake fished really hard that weekend. Thank you to Innate Baits, you saved me from a blank ;)

It's a bit of a special fishery and although the weather was more than challenging and the fish not forthcoming, I'll definitely be heading back for a return session soon.

It was very windy and although the fish were feeding up on the surface, keeping a controller and bait in position was next to impossible...

So out came the zig rigs! And it worked, 20+ fish in the space of a few hours.

Amazin ;)

12 or so fish split between a method rod in the margins with corn and up on the surface with mixers.

The biggest was a 11lb common who I swear I've had out before, really recognise the split drop tail.... It fell to the faithful Enterprise Tackle mini mixer off the surface and went mad when it was hooked!

Happy days ;)

All but one fish fell to surface baits, namely chum mixers as freebees and a enterprise tackle mini mixer on the hook.

The first 5 five where all commons around 9 to 11lb and in tip top condition. The fish continued to feed even once it got dark with the last 3 fish coming in complete darkness (lost a couple too, nearly managed to make it to 20!).

Rio also managed to catch one for the camera ;)

So another excellent session up at Bitterwell - if you've not yet been, grab a bag of mixers and get up there!