Drayton Reservoir, 10th September 2011
The best of the day - 14lb Mirror The story of 4 fish and two new personal bests!! After a month of not fishing due to other social activities such as tackling and conquering Helvellyn in the Lake District I was itching to get out on the bank again. Mark and I had discussed fishing Drayton Reservior for sometime. The lure of large carp, averaging 12-18lb was just too tempting... unfortunately Mark couldn't make the day so I set off on my own. After a call to the baliff, he confirmed that the middle of the dam wall would be the best area to target, between pegs 35 to 55. Tactics for the day would be Bagging Waggler, Pellet Waggler and Method feeder. Drayton opens at 6:30am, I managed to get there from London at 6:45am... the place was packed! I managed to secure Peg 53, so within the area that the baliff had recommended. Drayton has platforms for each swim, with the exception of the beach swims. The platforms are very well made and quite large with a metal rein