In the first of our planned annual river trips, six of our members journeyed to the River Test at Wherwell. Ray Marks, Richard Ellis, Stephen Lew, Bob & Nick Ring and myself. The day started with us meeting at Fleet services at a fairly civilised 8am for a coffee and catch-up. The gates at Wherwell open at 8.30am but you are not able to cast a line until 9am. When we got there, we found that apart from one other angler we had all the beats to ourselves, which encompassed a ve