Fishing Tales And Stories

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The beauty of running my own part-time gardening company is that when the weather is rubbish for gardening, it happens to be brilliant for fishing. The weather has finally broken and we are having a week off Heavy rain showers and Thunderstorms after getting wet the past two days and the rest of the week looking rubbish for gardening, I was off down the lake for 4 nights, thanks to the understandi...

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With a change in the weather and a chance to get out for one last go before we head away on our family holiday. I was really in two minds about where to go after last week's success, but that was all about avoiding that extreme heat and having a social, this time it's about catching on a quick overnighter. I headed for Airfield lake, after checking on the weather I wasn't really sure where I fanci...

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I'm back out after a couple of weeks off and the conditions aren't too bad at the moment.  Unfortunately, the pressure is going from 1017 to 1030 in 48 hours' time and I'm wondering already if the 3 nights would be better off spent at home!  I'm due out for 4 nights next week, the weather at the moment looks shocking, with another heatwave heading our way.  As for now, the wind is p...

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I'm back out after a couple of weeks off and the conditions aren't too bad at the moment.  Unfortunately, the pressure is going from 1017 to 1030 in 48 hours' time and I'm wondering already if the 3 nights would be better off spent at home!  I'm due out for 4 nights next week, the weather at the moment looks shocking, with another heatwave heading our way.  As for now, the wind is p...

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I had the opportunity to come down on Wednesday late afternoon this week. I wasn’t really sure about fishing this week, however, a few fish had been coming out, and this gave me a bit of confidence. I was keen to get in the Daisy swim, which is to the left of Badger island, Ian and I have been watching fish for the past week in a particular area.

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This week the weather isn’t looking particularly great, but with any luck, the north winds will keep the temperature down and I could be in with a chance of a bite or two. I was hoping to fish somewhere different, but with the prospect of 25+ degrees C, if it actually materializes, which so far this week isn’t until very late afternoon, we could be ok, only time will tell each day.

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I’m out on the syndicate for a social few nights with Ian, who I’ve not seen since before my camping holiday in late May. We meet at the gate, just before 1030 am, and had a look about in a few swims. A couple were occupied, so we settled for Badger Island. I set up in the Jungle Swim and Ian set up in the one I was in last week.

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At the beginning of this week, I was wondering if I would actually get out fishing with the temperatures forecast to 26 degrees. But as luck would have it, my wife ended up working from home Wednesday/ Thursday. The weather change was now due Thursday, it was a perfect opportunity to get down the lake again. I arrived at about 1230 to find that it was completely empty and I could pick any swim I l...

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I’m so lucky to have such an understanding wife and family. The change in weather conditions happened earlier than expected, I was very keen to get down the lake. We’d already agreed I could do Sunday night, but I was keen to do Saturday night as well, the conditions had changed dramatically since yesterday, 29 degrees no wind to 24 degrees and strong North East wind, rain and going down to 18 deg...