I left work a little early last night and headed straight to the "Pit", I dropped straight into the same swim as I was in last weekend.

I stood and watched the water for a few minutes and saw a few tell tale signs of Carp, "this will do nicely" I thought!

It didn't take me long to get all 3 rods out and the house up, it was nice to relax for the first time in a week and as I sat watching the water........Pete turned up with a kebab, life doesn't get any better than this!

Shortly after Pete's arrival I got a call, Martin was on his way down to do a night as well. It was a lovely night to be on the bank and we chatted about all things carpy late into the night.

Soon after Pete left, me and Martin called it a night.

Although I don't know why I bothered to be honest, I was kept awake all night by liners which I was pretty certain was a shoal of Bream, my suspicions were confirmed at 3am when I landed a chunk of a Bream.

I spent the next few hours Dozing in and out of consciousness before waking up at 6am, soaking in sweat.

It was like an oven under the Oval already, so I had a quick brew then had a slow back up.

Before I left I had a good look round, which I haven't had a chance to do as yet.

I stumbled across a very carpy looking area, with all the features you could possibly want, saw a chunk cruising too, I will be keeping a very close eye on it!

Until next time,

Smithy

Well at last its that time of the week again, I'm in the middle of sorting the gear out and loading the van ready to rock down to the "Beds Pit" straight from work tomorrow!

I had planned on having a social with a good friend called "Paul" however we had to rearrange, I was really looking forward to it as its always nice to have a catch up and talk all things Carpy but a night on the "Beds Pit" instead is hardly a bad thing and with a little bit of luck I will manage to find the fish again.

Mind you it will only be a very quick over nighter, I checked the forecast today and they are giving out temps of 32*C for Saturday, I'm useless in the heat......in fact I hate it so will be packed up by 10am and heading home.

I will report back on Saturday and will hopefully have news of a chunk.

Right better finish off sorting the gear out!

Tight lines,

Smithy

Ive just returned from the first night of my new campaign on the Bedfordshire Pit.

I arrived about 17:30pm and managed to drop straight in the swim I had seen some activity in a few days ago, I was all set up in double quick time and all 3 rods were dispatched with "Ninja" rigs on!

Martin set up in the swim next door, this give me the chance to show him a few rigs etc and more importantly the bonus of being right next to the BBQ that Martin and Emma had a arranged.

It wasn't long before the BBQ was fired up, Trudi & Jack (my wife and son) and Pete soon arrived, we all sat down and enjoyed way to much chicken wings, burgers and sausages whilst soaking in the atmosphere before calling it at night just before mid-night.

After our guests had left me and Martin sat up for a while discussing the season ahead and life in general, but it didn't take long for me to call it a night and grace the bedchair, after a terrible day at work I needed some kip!

I was awoken at 4am by my Neville screaming for attention, I jumped off the bedchair and ran to the rods and lifted into a fish that was stripping line off my spool faster than a greyhound chasing a rabbit! I just couldn't slow it down, then all of a sudden the hook pulled and that deflated feeling set in that Ive managed to go so long without feeling especially when in the back of my mind I knew it was a chunk.

I put the rod back out on the spot and fired up the stove for the first brew of the day, I looked at my phone it was only 04:15am, there wasn't anyway I was going to get any sleep now as the sun was getting brighter by the minute.

I sent Pete a text giving him the bad news and received a reply much quicker than I had expected, he knows how losing the first fish from a water feels and was genuinely gutted for me.

Just after 06:30am I had a slow take on the middle rod and there was soon a large bream in the waiting landing net, not exactly what I was after but I decided to have a picture for the blog.

I stayed until mid-day, as I was still getting liners but it started to get very warm and I decided to call it a day.

I will take some positives out of this session, I'm pleased to have hooked one on my first night I thought it would take much longer than that as its a far from an easy water.

I'm just waiting to hear about plans for next weekend from a good friend Paul, so I think it will be 2 weeks before I'm back behind the rods on the Pit again, I cant wait to get back!

Take Care,

Smithy