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Billet Lane, Iver, 22nd and 23rd January 2011

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I joined Uxbridge Rovers Angling and Conservation Society  as they have some good local stillwaters and rivers. The Christmas period and the poor weather meant that some of the lakes I wanted to try were quite simply unfishable as there was a thick covering of ice, so at the first sign of a break in the weather I decided to try URACS Billet Lane. Saturday 22nd January Billet Lane is a 1.5 acre working irrigation reservoir and as such the water level can vary dependant on what the farmer has taken out. I set out to fish Billet Lane on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of January with two separate approaches each day, both on the same peg, unlucky number 13. Saturday I opted to fish the pole.  16 years since I last fished the pole, this would be interesting! Here is the setup before I started to fish.  It did take me some time to get all the rollers set and to plumb up the depth, which ended up using my top 4 sections... that varying water level meant I only just had e