May 16th: After a long wait we finally looked over Shrule Bridge today and found shoals of big Roach looking back at us, they were not present yesterday so they are still making their way up to the breeding spot. Word has been spread and we hope that there will be anglers catching 2lb+ Roach tomorrow.
A cuckoo has also put in an appearance near us, one was calling away today down near Jimmy’s house and flew towards the Salmons land in the late afternoon, hopefully we will get some photos of this ellusive bird soon.
Peter was out on the Canal today and had good fun catching small Tench and Roach, despite the drizzle.
May 17th: With a low pressure finally on the horizon the fish are moving up the river Inny.
Chris and Peter headed down to Shrule Bridge and had some sport on the Roach for a couple of hours, nothing much over the 1lb mark so Peter packed up and headed for the Canal.
Chris stayed on and fished until dusk, trying swims from Shrule Bridge down to the sand bar but all of the fish were of a similar size. He finished off back close to the Bridge where he had a nice bag of Roach and Trout, the Roach were getting bigger as the evening drew in some of them close to the 2lb mark, not a sinlge Hybrid though.
He was joined by the Tiverton lads, one of whom decided to set up directly opposite him, much to his disgust… both of the lads caught well and were still there when Chris left at 9pm.
The Roach are still making their way up the River and the Females are not full of Roe yet, a couple of the bigger 1lb+ Males were producing some milk but it looks as though it will be a few days before it all kicks off in earnest.
John Coles
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