{"id":8540,"date":"2026-06-22T09:51:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8540"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:51:53","slug":"fathers-day-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8540","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A nice weekend off with the family saw us having a long hike along the Thames for Father\u2019s Day. Great to do a bit of fish spotting while the river\u2019s so clear and weedy. Can\u2019t believe how many roach were happily swimming right next to all the swimmers and paddle boarders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually stopped for a quick fish as I\u2019d packed a tiny Temu telescopic whip, just in case\u2026 Soon catching a few bleak while watching some big perch arrive underneath them. Sadly never got time to catch a perch as a bit of a \u2018family distraction\u2019 saw a size 16 barbed hook wedge itself really deep in my middle finger! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all my years fishing I\u2019ve never had a hook so deep and so irretrievable! It took over an hour and a massive excruciating tug to finally free it and save me a long wait at A&E! No more fishing after that, but a well-earned pint in the pub followed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope you all had a good weekend. Looks like this week\u2019s set to be an absolute scorcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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