Fishing Tales And Stories

I'm back out on my syndicate water for a couple of nights.  The weather is certainly looking a lot better, I'm very hopeful that there's a good chance of a carp this session.  It has been a lot harder this year, mind you, I was restricted by covid restrictions last year, and if I remember correctly I was only doing days locally and then straight onto the Airfield Lake. I did have other p...

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After 7 days of looking after my eldest daughter, she caught covid 19 (no doubt from school).  I knew at some point, it would grace our house again.  She was pretty lucky with the symptoms and only had a high temperature one day with not much coughing.  It was the lack of taste that really got her, everything tasted of cardboard or very salty.  But we are all free of it, she ha...

With no work this week and the wife is still working from home, this is an opportunity not to be missed.  The weather is going to be about the same as last week - not brilliant.  There's a small drop in the pressure over the next 48 hours, which hopefully may help. When I arrived just before 9 a.m., the lake was covered in a thick blanket of fog, which is absolutely a non-starter for spo...

School Lake time comes around sooner than expected, it's a bit fresh and frosty today.  There is some tree work going on down the other end. It's the island for me to start with today.  I've chucked out a bit of pellet around the island and then in a few swims down to my right, this is so I can keep an eye out for any carpy signs.

I am taking full advantage of my wife working from home until the government updates the rules and she has to work in the office again.  I arrived down the lake, my golden rule is to sort out a swim and then talk to the other anglers on the lake if I feel the need for extra information.  This time, I stopped for a chat with a couple of anglers before heading along to my more favoured swi...

With fewer gardening jobs at this time of the year, I'm out on the club lake today in the hope of my first carp of 2022. Conditions are certainly better than last week, until the middle of the week and there's another change in the weather due. I arrived just before 9 am to find that I was the only person here.  I stood on the path and looked directly up the lake for some time, I was hoping f...

With the festivities over and done with for another year, the kids are back at school, I'm out for my first trip of 2022.  I was down the lake early on Thursday morning, I was hoping to arrive Wednesday afternoon, but my car wasn't ready.  It had to go into the garage for a service and mot.  I can do three nights but I don't think it's worth the effort with the weather conditions as...

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