George,

Wishing you good luck on that..It seems the place I was intending to fish has a season that ends in the next couple of weeks, so I don't think I will get a chance to get out now..

Plan B is to use the same tackle and methods on a local canal thats literally a few hundred yardse from my house.
This would be for perch and pike rather than trout, but the season runs through the winter on these and i will hopefully be in a possition to try for trout when the season opens again next March..

Regards,

Peter