There were lots of Silver Bream coming out on the Thurne and I wanted to try and put together a bag of them before I left.

The groundbait mix was kept the same, and after introducing 6 babyheads on slack water I sat back, again fishing the ‘tip, a small wire cage feeder to a 2.6 hooklength of around 2’6” to an 18 and double white maggot.

It took around half an hour for the fish to turn up and by casting accurately I managed to keep them in my swim until a programme on tele called an end to the day.

Now, there have always been the odd skimmer around but I have never known them to be this prolific. The Hali/Hemp/ExpFishmeal mix certainly keeps the fish in the swim longer than the more traditional brown crumb approach and this was highlighted by the numbers and size of fish I was having compared to people fishing next to and opposite me.