The Derwent Skull

When I got down to the Derwent on Friday it wasn't too far up but tanking through. The only problem with not to far up was that it meant a lot of swims were not accessible in that I'd be too high up the bank. I did eventually find a swim closer to the river with a nice slack. The only thing to be aware of was it actually solid ground as looks can be deceptive. Reeds and other bankside vegetation can get flattened in a flood and hide the edge of the the river. A bit of poking with the old storm pole showed it to be solid. 

 

 

It was to be the usual pellet and feeder along with double lob worm.. The feeder was dropped downstream close to the bank and the worm into the slack behind the tree upstream. It wasn't long before the tip of the worm rod was bending further than it should under the weight of dead leaves. After a few more casts it became apparent the slack was just full of debris, so the worms went out into the middle of the river. I cast both rods to different spots for about thirty minutes at a time despite my confidence nothing fish shaped wanted to know.

I did however bring in a small skull of a long dead beastie neatly hooked on a size four and double lob worm. No idea what it belongs to and photographing it is problematic as it now a dark brown colour, presumably from been in the river for a long time. Anybody any idea what it was when it was alive.