Farlows

I managed a day off from work in early february and managed a late day session at Farlows. As usual I picked the motorway bank near the entrance gate for ease of getting out once the gates were locked. I set one rod up on a running rig and one as semi-fixed and baited up with shelf life dynamite baits spicey chicken tipped off with plastic sweetcorn for a bit of visual attractant. I PVA bags of pellet groundbait, pellets and tuna Were finally threaded up the hook length. Both rods were chucked into the far side off the channel in front of me though I wasnt particularily confident because of the cold but bright conditions.
Once chucked in I sat back to wait for a run I was reasonably happy wouldnt come but iy was good to be back on the bank again. Within 20 mins the semi fixed lead rig was off! It felt like a decent fish, bearing in mind my pb is currently 13lb, and was played carefully into the bank. There were no real dramas untill I reached for the net only to realise that although it was out of the holdall it hadn't been set up! I eventually managed to spread the arms and mesh and draw the fish right upto the front of the platform, on the 3rd attempt the mesh finally closed around it!
On the bank the scales went around to 16lb 10oz, a new pb which is a coincidence because my previous pb had come early last year from the same water. Unfortunatly my camera lense had some crap on it so the pics didnt come out too well.
A short while later a pair of bream around 3 to 4lb threw themselves onto the other rod.
On a day when according to the balif no one else was doing much I was fairly pleased with myself and packed up around 9pm as the temperature fell again. I returned the next day to the same spot with the same bait and rigs and couldnt buy even a twitch. The only difference being the second day was amorning session when maybe the water still hadnt warmed up.