New fishing video - My Fishing Life 12

I had some footage left over from the last trip I did before I hurt my knee.  This was a short session of about 2 hours fishing the top peg of a local stretch of the River Thames nearest the point where I parked the car.  In the past this has produced some decent fish.  I have had several five pound chub from this spot with a biggest of 5-10, and I am pretty sure that there has been at least one six pounder.

But for me today, ledgering sweetcorn just produced a handful of small fish.  Four chub and two roach of about 4-6oz each.  It is good to know that there are immaculate small fish in the stretch, even if I am not catching bigger fish.

The virus that has caused my knee problem seems to have passed a few days ago and my knee is now getting better quite quickly.  I have been able to walk two miles on it without needing a pole for support, and I expect it to be back to normal while we are away in France for the next two weeks.  Then I shall be back fishing to relaunch my season. 

Hopefully September will see me back catching bigger fish.

Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4FK6vjBELQ&feature=plcp

Getting better?

It has been nearly three weeks since I last went fishing and I can at least report that my knee is improving day-by-day.  I can now walk unaided by a pole and have managed walks of up to a mile so far.  But walking on a muddy path by a river is probably not possible at the moment.

We go on holiday on Wednesday this week and there is a slight chance that I might go fishing on either Tuesday evening, or Wednesday morning.  But it will have to be somewhere I can drive to quite close to where I will be fishing, with no tricky paths.  I am thinking perhaps Northmoor weir.

If not then, my next fishing trip will be the weekend of August 25th - a gap of six weeks between trips.  That half a close season!