Thinking back it must be at least 10 years since I set eyes on this venue, I didn't know quite what to expect; I was hoping not much had changed over the years. On arriving at the venue I noticed for starters that peg numbers had diminished, probably due to flooding and neglect over the years. But apart from that the drain looked almost the same as it did all them years ago.
This was once a popular match venue with large numbers of anglers attending the matches. Over the years with the venue having been polluted on a number of occasions and the introduction of commercial venues, angler numbers have declined to almost non existent levels.
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Patrington Haven Drain, Outstray Rd, East Yorkshire |
It is situated approx 9 miles (14km) South-East of Hedon, East Yorkshire and 4 miles South-West of Withernsea on the A1033 road.
I drove through Patrington Haven Village and over the bridge and turned down Outstray Road immediately left which runs along side the drain. The road ends after roughly a mile and a half and there is a car park for a few cars. I parked my car there and had a little wander. Immediately in front of the car park there are a couple of pegs, but one of these was already occupied. Just to the rear of the car park is a gate with a foot path to the side. I went round the gate and about 30 meters up the road was a nice looking peg. Happy days, this was to be my peg for the session.
The Plan
As the banks are quite steep I decided to plumb up both short and long with the plan to start short and swap to long if the fish did not respond on the short line. Fortunately the drain was extremely uniform so one rig would cover both areas.
Bait
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Rig
- Pole - Browning Z12
- Elastic - Pink Browning Cenex reflex
- Main Line - 0.12 Browning Hybrid Power
- Hook length - 0.10 Browning Cenex
- Hook - Size 20 Kamasan B911 F1
- Float - 4 x 12 Slim float
- Shotting - Bulk plus 2 droppers
The Session
This almost forgotten venue is still rammed with fish and I for one will be paying another visit there very soon; what is even better about this venue is, the fishing is "free" :)