Spring (or is it summer?) seems to have
finally arrived and with the promise of Spring, usually brings the promise of
Tench. I had already caught a couple on a recent trip to the Viaduct, so I knew
they were feeding, but it was now time for me to try and help my father in law
Jeff catch his first ever Tench. Duffryn Springs Reservoir lake in South Wales
is where we would be heading. This venue had produced plenty of Tench for me,
so here's hoping it would stand up to my assurances and do the same for Jeff. I
had a very specific peg in mind, and because I knew it as a "flyer",
we set off early to make sure we got to the peg first.
After paying, driving down to the
second car park and heaving our gear down to the lake by 8.30am, we were both
surprised to see that we weren't the first people at the lake. Happily enough
though, my chosen peg was free, so I showed Jeff where to fish and decided to
fish the open water peg to his right. With Jeff on the corner peg, I would be fishing open water.
