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I really can't be assed to get my huge carcass out of bed too early ( speaking to Alan on the blower ) 10: 30 bridge will have to do ! A very quick invite to Gummidge , a very quick txt to Dave ( DPD , it's going to be both boats (Marlin 755 things ) Ok, I knew we were going to miss the best part of the day, the tides were NOT in our favour , this weed issue , get it wrong and forget the fishing . Huge rafts clung to every inch of braid when the tide started running , slack water was err crap, nothing going on as such Let's give the old patch a go , maybe possibility of a bream ?? So let's see , lost count of the Rays, Alan once again proved you can get them on simple bream rigs with 12lb line , add a few nice keepers of bream , doggies of course , and me as usual had to be different , having great fun with Scad on tiny lures !!! Gummidge has to be fair a fairly tuff time in years gone by , that's why he joined , it's a huge learning curve Getting the right rigs with correct presentation did it , Ray's on feathers , smoothounds on a single tiny strip of squid etc etc lol ( the secret of the green bead strikes again !!) Slack water, off to top secret Ray marked X (shhhhhh) let's see if we can get a bit of bait , we were running very low , , nowt , nothing going on around the Sadler , DPD in hot pursuit ,. Arrgggh , the secret Ray Mark , who let the secret out , once again a few very pretty Ray's came on until the tide started , oh dreary me , it was a stunning summer evening , my limited time off will not be wasted !! Come on Alan , let's see what she will do then ??? Fisheagle lifts he skirts , blimey the fuel gauge seems to be doing funny things ??? Never truly realised how to burn up so much fuel in such little time , brilliant fun if a wee bit harsh on the skippers pocket !!! DPD , went off to see something called football ?? Let's stay out for a bit , plenty to do until the 8:30 bridge . Gummidge lives may miles away , it takes him a fair old while to get down and one hell of a drudge to get back to his field far far away , it has taken a while but he remembered the most important thing , it's call Scrumpy , yep made with his own apples from a traditional press ( he really is a farmer !!!) he gave us a few bottles to take home , yep he had a very good day indeed . I believe this could be a good year , it's still early in the season , the mackeral will show in the next week or so , birds have started diving for the Brit in shallow waters , they WILL follow ! Once again I'm really enjoying my time on the water , ok I'm not catching much (so far ) but we really are very lucky to be in the most beautiful place in the UK , cheers all .