yesterday me and a few lads went to have a look at the new junction canal what a top looking venue and it hadn't changed much from the last time we were there .we started of having a drive around the length from top to bottom and all my old maps hadn't changed with the peg numbers on that's a result .we then stopped for a breakfast and a chat andi must say £3.99 for a proper big breakfast at that
from there we set off to fish and my path crossed with a few old friends i hadn't seen foragers so be-time we started it was 11.30am not a ripple on the water only the ones that the fish had made
we couldn't wait to start we all started off differently i fished short medium long the lad to my left started med and long and so on some started on a waggler some tried the feeder i balled one line where as some cupped it
as the session went on non of us could believe it,we only had a handful of fish between us
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so i phoned my mate up who was fishing with his lads further up the canal only to be told the same old story ,as they were really struggling
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17lb had won the day before as well it was really strange no one could buy a bite until about three hours into the session and even then they weren't queuing up we fished until 4.30pm and the top weight was 4lb15oz :-/pretty poor I'd say. i know we hadn't fished good pegs 212 upwards but I'd of thought it should of been better than that
i carried on for a while after as the lads grouped around basically messing around feeding squatt and hemp when out of the blue i started catching roach and a proper stamp fish as well
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its amazing how often this happens to venues its just the time of day
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still it gave me a good idea about rigs and stuff but with the venue being fished Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays in matches plus practicing i think it will like most nationals HARD
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