Went down to the guildford bridge a couple days ago to see if I could catch some bream before the sunset.

Tried lures with no success, switched to bait but was only getting nibbles for an hour. 

Re-baited and casted. Left the rod on the ground for 30 seconds unnatended whilst I was occupied with something else when I heard my drag go, knew I was hooked onto something big.

So I go to grab my rob but in an instant it gets pulled into the water, I quickly looked down in the water to see my rod torpedoing into the depths. Not sure if I was more disppointed that I lost a good rod, or the fish.

Lesson learnt, keep an eye on your rod and make sure it's secure.

So today, I grabbed my other rod and left early in the morning and headed to success hill under the pipe. I attach my new tt switchblade in gold noggin colour to the rod and cast. A couple of flicks and a short wind with a decent pause for the retreive.

First cast, I was hooked onto a bream I could tell it wasn't a monster but it would've been my first bream on a lure as I haven't really tried before. Lost it after about 4 seconds.

So I continue to cast around the shore and after about 20 casts, I'm snagged. Lost a good lure.

Not a very good couple of trips, but at least I'm more motivated to use lures for bream.