Following a bit of rain the Trent had risen during Monday night for the first time this season. Not by loads, maybe 50 cm or so with a peak at Colwick of around 1.5M. By 6:30pm on Weds as I reached the pads it was more or less back to its summer level. Had it stayed high I would have returned to my prepared swim to see if the change in conditions had shifted any fish into the shelter it offered. Instead I moved 75 metres or so upstream to a peg had never tried before. The depth suddenly drops from 3ft to 7 or 8 ft, with the slope running at an angle to the bank, beginning about a rod length out on the left hand side and two rod lengths on the right. I positioned three baits along the base of this shelf, covering about 20m , a 20mm strawberry and crab boilie supported by a string of 6 more was fished on the left hand line. Spicy shrimp with a big bag of 4mm halibut pellets went down the middle and 3 peanuts with a bag of peanuts & broken boilies, various pellets etc, just for added attraction, on the right.
The only rod to see any actions was the middle one. one swift tug saw the swinger fall away but no fish was present when the line was tightened, a reacast with another big bag of pellets saw a typical breamy jiggle at about 10pm, again a strike connected with nothing, and third time lucky saw a half decent bream, probably a bit under 5lb on the bank at around 11pm - its head and shoulders were heavily tuberculed. I gave it another hour but with no further fish called it a night...
So still no carp, but at least I've had some bites and for once I was happy enough to bank a bream.
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