The RIVER TRENT holds so many special memories for me - from travelling there from Sheffield with my granddad as a lad, to fishing matches and pleasure sessions as a young man while still living in the Steel City.

Now, in my fifties and having lived in Surrey half my life, it's a special treat and mini adventure every time I get to fish the mighty river again. It's also something I only manage to do once or twice a year, often involving day ticket stretches, careful planning, and plenty of anticipation.

GUNTHORPE LOCK is about as special as day ticket fishing on the Trent gets, because for £10 (see booking link below) you can access oxygen-rich water not far below a big weir, where truly MASSIVE barbel, chub, and fish of many different species are regularly caught. The conditions were far from ideal when I made my visit this summer, but the dream of landing a specimen fish, or indeed a new PB felt very real.

I finally arrived back in Gunthorpe - a lovely little place that I strongly associate with my granddad and fishing trips of my youth - just before what turned out to be the hottest day of the year, in the UK, but I knew it would be an emotional trip, no matter what happened with the fishing...

As always, sit back, relax, and enjoy.

THE MAGIC OF FISHING BOOK - https://rb.gy/tmqat4

TO BOOK A GUNTHORPE LOCK TICKET and for more details about the fishery and the fishing - https://swimbooker.com/fishery/11732

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