Fished the Itchen (Lower Itchen Fishery) today for the first time. Lovely bit of river, despite its obvious abnormal level. Great thing was I had the whole river to myself. Bad thing was I know why. I struggled (albeit manfully) and only managed a handful with the biggest around 1lb. I also lost an equivalent number. Had no idea there is a free stretch right next to the entrance to LIF and a few chaps were fishing when I arrived and were catching well.
I also had one of those days where literally everything went wrong. Is it just me? But if my hook could attach itself to my jacket, my trousers my bag, a random stone, leaves, general debris then it would-and this was all before casting. And why is it that it can be hard to hit bites sometimes and yet the hook only needs to lightly brush an item of clothing and it's completely embedded and virtually impossible to remove?
Still nice to be out.
Hang on, no it wasn't.