Gunthorpe weir, last day of the season.

A welcome day off work to go fishing on the last day of the season. My fishing friend told me he traditionally fished the last day and so I asked if I could tag along. The choice of venue was a stretch of the Trent below Gunthorpe weir. An 8am start on a chilly day in the shadow of the cliffs, saw us get set up and employ the feeder method using Marine Halibut ground bait mix and chopped pellets. A long and unfortunately fruitless day followed with not even a single take. One of my friend's work colleagues turned up and he decided to do a bit of dead baiting for Pike on the next peg down. His was the only success of the day hauling in a nice 10lb fish. The weather opened up and the sun shone. Red wine was consumed and fishing method and lore discussed. Undeterred we retired to the Horse Chestnut for some post match analysis.