Fishing Tales And Stories

I'm very lucky to be out this week at all as the three other members of the family are ill, one with covid for the second time, which is my youngest and the earliest she can go back to school is Monday and I thought I was stuck home until Friday afternoon until the MD of her company told her to go home and work from there, as she is pretty ruff, but is old school and goes to work unless is she can...

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I really didn't think I would make it here again as we had so much rain over the past 3 days, the gardens would all be pretty boggy, and I would end up making more of a mess. I arrived at about eight forty-five at an empty car park. I got the barrow out of the car and slowly started to walk along the bank, checking for signs of carp. There was nothing about it, and I opted to start where I had fis...

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I'm out on the syndicate for a couple of nights again this week. I'm doubling up with Ian this week. As I've purchased a Weber portable gas BBQ, and we are going to test it out. We went really sure about the swim choice after last week's trip when I caught it and he didn't and really honestly based the swim choice around the weather and the ease of packing up in the rain Sunday, I've always mainta...

I'm on the school lake for what may be my last trip on here this winter, as the gardening will be kicking in more, and I will then focus solely on my syndicate water as normal. I arrived just before 9 am as always, there was only one other car in the car park, which is a good sign and he was fishing just a couple of swims away from his car. treesWith the wind due to blow from the east and after fi...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://richardhandel.com/2022/04/23/trip-16-carp-fishing-2022/

Another week has gone by and it's syndicate time again.  I was planning on fishing a different swim, unfortunately, it was occupied - these things happen.  I'm doing a social with Ian for a few nights and this is a swim he particularly fancied.  I was going to set up right or left of him, it turned out to be right and the same swim as last week.  I did nearly fish a different s...

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Sense and worry about the house sent me home for a night - the battering from storms Franklyn or Gladys (I lost track of which one was which), was pretty much continuous, and I've now come back down in the last few hours of Franklin for a couple of nights. I arrived down just after 8 in the morning, it was very blowy and it would be until around 1 this afternoon.  I hoped to get back to the s...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://richardhandel.com/2022/04/08/trip-14-carp-fishing-2022/

fter Storm Eunice passed, I decided to head off down the lake for a few nights; however, there are still another two storms due – Storm Franklin and Storm Gladys. It’s certainly going to be fun, and I do hope that the carp get stirred up by these winds, they generally love these conditions. Once the heavy rain passes today, it’s pretty much all about the wind, you will notice from my weather scree...

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With another opportunity to get out on the School Lake, I was soon set up in the same swim as before. It just made sense to do this. I have the ability to put all three rods on spots where I would originally need to move to a couple of different swims. This was clearly the way forward – now the trees have gone.

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The weather was spot on for the School Lake today. Unfortunately, the other club water which had good carp in it was closed for maintenance and therefore there’s a good chance of the School Lake being busier than normal. I may have to change my plan of approach, depending on the number of people fishing. When I arrived, there were 3 other cars in the car park, however, they were fishing as a group...

I'm on the bank again on my syndicate water for a couple of nights.  Unfortunately, my days have coincided with another cold snap in the weather.  The pressure is on the up, frustratingly looking a lot better on Sunday/Monday again. I arrived down just before 9 a.m, to find a single-day angler in one of the day only swims.  I took a drive and a walk about and spotted zero signs of c...

With a few hour's free today, I quickly sorted out my kit and headed down the club lake.  On a lovely sunny day, it's looking perfect and with any luck, these carp would be on the move a bit more. There were two other cars in the car park, one guy was fishing down the car park end and the other in the middle part of the lake.  It looked like I would be starting down the island end and th...