Blogging life’s journey: June 2025

🎣 With just three hours sleep, back on the Staffordshire/Worcestershire Canal in pursuit of perch with prawn 

After yesterday evening’s blank on the canal, I was determined to ‘right the wrong’ and so, with just three hours sleep, I was back on the bank. 

In the same spot, using the same bait, tackle and tactics, I was up for the challenge. 

It took a long time – more than two hours – before I had my first bite and, although it wasn’t a huge fish, at least I put the previous blank to bed. 

It also proved to be the only fish as well. 

The session lasted three hours and there’s  more in the video below. 

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Tackle: Greys Prodigy TX 12’ rod. Shimano 3500M reel. Maxima Chameleon 4lb line. Drennan waggler 1.2g. Drennan Super Specialist size 8 hook.

Nature notes: Two song thrushes in flight as I parked the car and a singing bird in the vicinity of where I fished. Female mandarin duck with five well-developed made their way along the canal, tight to the far bank. Two separate ravens in flight. Kingfisher passed through. 

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