An early start saw me & James head out into the frost - the plan was to wander down The Itchen from the fast flowing water in search of grayling to the slower water with the hope of a winter roach...
Travelling light (even for us) we worked our way down - stopping briefly in likely looking spots to run a float through - then moving on - we had a lot of water to cover. I'll let the photos tell my story...
Five grayling to just over a pound...
Loads of brown trout - had to get a photo of this beauty...
A very rare (for this section) bream...
But the main event was the roach in a slower section...
Fifteen roach landed, several over a pound, to 1lb 7oz...
A brilliant day's winter wandering!