Date	25th May 2008
Venue	Kennick Reservoir
Fishing Time	--- to 4:00pm

Panoramas of Kennick Reservoir.

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Name	Fished	Total Bag Weight - 6 Fish Limit		Fish Caught	Posit.	Points
Name	Fished	Lbs.	ozs.	Fish Caught	Posit.	Points
John Beer	Yes	X	X	0	X	0
Terry Dymond	Yes	Z	Z	0	Z	0
Graham Harris	Yes	X	X	0	X	0
Marcus Horrell	Yes	Z	Z	X	Z	X
John Kirby	Yes	1	10	1	1	10
Bob Langmead	Yes	Z	Z	0	Z	0
Martin Turner	No	Z	Z	Z	Z	Z

Kennick looking south-east towards the dam from the north-east "Lawns".

The reservoir was shrouded in mist until about 1pm!
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Kennick looked even more beautiful when the sun finally came out ~ But Briefly.

Kennick Reservoir looking north-west.

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Kennick reservoir nestles on the eastern edge of Dartmoor in a truly wonderful setting. On a good day, it must be stunning to come upon such a lovely stretch of water. Its well kept banks are protected by marvelously huge bushes of flowering rhododendrons, growing right down to the waters edge.
Well, they promised us dire weather and we got it !! Although the gale force winds didn't materialise at all and most of the day was dead calm except for the drizzle beating on the water. The first panorama above shows the weather clearing up at around 1pm. Before that, at times, visibility was down to about 10 yards, as the low flying cloud got nearer and nearer to the ground. People were talking about fantastic catches the week before, but most of us didn't feel a tug all day. The only good thing about the weather was that I couldn't even think about getting my camera out of its plastic bag all morning, so I just had to concentrate on the fishing and around 1 o'clock I caught the only fish of the day. Later I experienced that little known feeling, on my part, of winning! The rainbow was a mere 1 Lb. 10 ozs. in weight but it fought and jumped like a mad thing before it finally came to the net.
Well that's about all for now,
'Til we meet again,

John

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Terry gave it all he had in his attempts to catch one.......

.....whilst Bob took it easy.

A new experience for John as he receives his May winner's plaque from Terry Dymond
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