DreamLake 2, Peg 30

The features you have in this swim are numerous, as well as the obvious one of the tree-line. This swim has also got lots of silt pockets and some weed does grow in the summer, but this is not a lot though.

Depths vary from 4ft in the margin to 7ft at a range of 70yds, just short of the halfway mark.

Occasional gravel areas can be found at various distances from 30-70yds and with depths of 6-7ft over them. The water shelves off after 30yds into the 7ft depth. These depths are variable with the time of year that you fish the venue i.e. less in the summer.

Fish the tree-line with at least 1 rod, (2 if the wind is pushing towards it in a southerly direction). Aerators were put into the lake just off this tree-line last year and the fish do, at times, congregate around them. They are, after all, a kind of "Blue square feature". If they are on and working they are piling oxygen into the water which can be very appealing to the fish in the hot summer months. Bait up any tree-line spots by going around to the tree-line and getting it accurate. This will leave you with either 1 or 2 rods going out to more open water depending on how you have chosen to fish. Find your open water spot(s) and get the bait in using a spod. Don't keep it all too tight; put a couple to either side by 2yds or so. If the fish really push into the trees in numbers then I would fish all 3 rods towards the tree-line with the LHR 15yds off the branches, the MR 7-10yds off and the RHR 1-2yds off, (I would back this off more during the night by another 5yds). Feed these spots regularly and decide on how much to put in by the action you are getting on each rod.