After relatively mild weather during the Christmas break it turned a lot colder early January. The local rivers still looked gin clear and uninviting, so not fancying long biteless hours I decided to have another go on the prolific Match Lake at
I normally like to fish the Upper River Witham at this time of the year, but my local stretches badly needed a proper flush through to clear some of the weed and put some colour in the water. So, while waiting for the rains to come, I decided to