Got to Walthamstow around 3pm yesterday, met the chief warden Chris in the lodge and paid for my Season Ticket, then progressed to the reservoirs.
The conditions were bright, with a cold wind blowing from the East. The water in both reservoirs was tinged with brown algae and I would say visibility was poor for this time of year. The coppermill stream was very brown and you could not even see the bottom.
To cut a long story short, I never got a touch.....
I started of at point 1, with the wind blowing very hard over my left shoulder. I fished sink-tips with buzzers, and 40+ Di7 with boobies. Spent a while in each point. There were a few Cormorants diving in both Reservoirs which would definately of spooked the fish for a few hours, still 100's of them around and you could here the noises of the new brood coming from the islands.
Was told that there were a few caught in the corner nearest the road. I eventually got there and 1 bloke was fishing who had a couple of fish in his bag. I was making my way too the bank where you could fish in to the swirl and when he saw me coming, like a dick head he quickly moved in the spot before I could get there - wanker! I had to fish the last half hour on the platform past him. Packed up 6:45 and that was it.....
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Sharing a boat with Marco on 01/04/07 on Farmoor 2, as its the first day of the boats and looking forward to doing battle with the yachts and catching a fish even more now!
Here's a Farmoor 2 Brownie I caught a few years ago!!
