A trip to the Soar

So again it's been a while since my last post, and this one brings news of a trip to the River Soar in Leicestershire. A windswept Saturday morning found me and my angling guru trudging along a beautiful stretch of riverbank not far from Kegworth. The Soar is a relatively small river that is deceptively deep, particularly on the section we decided to pick on a bend in the water. The approach was to trot a float down in what was a relatively fast flow following some recent rain. Red maggot on waggler was the order of the day and in total I got 21 small fish, mostly Bleak, skimmers and Perch. The only other notable fish was a 6.5lb Pike that we landed after a damn good fight. Unfortunately it was deep hooked but thanks to the skill and experience of my fishing guru (with a little assistance by myself) the fish returned to the water unharmed.