Sun 8th Dec

The fish are now responding to the colder water conditions and going deep, so intermediates and sinkers are the order of the day. However keep an eye on any lasting changes, today is quite mild but it needs to stay like this for a few days for it to have any effect on the fish.

Email from Phil Rees, who got one of his Xmas presents early!

Mike,

Many thanks for advising Chris the best rod for me; the Greys rod was certainly a huge surprise early Christmas present!

Although the weather was far from ideal on Monday (flat calm!), I still managed to catch 4 fish with it (so it works!), having previously had one on my original rod before you arrived. The best was well over 3 pounds. All of the fish were shallow (less than 3 feet) and in the margins. I did not get even a touch deeper or further out.

Phil Rees

Phil got the Greys XF2 rod, GX500 reel and a platinum line   What a lucky lad!!!!