Last week I was working away in the office with the window wide open, juggling the paper weights around to stop various pieces of paper blowing around and suddenly it dawned on me – the sky was full of cloud and a big wind was whipping up.
This was the first cloud I had seen for a couple of weeks and I had almost forgotten what the wind felt like. The usual thought went through my head…“Wish I was fishing now and I bet it isn’t like this in a couple of days when I can go”.
I carried on tapping away at the keyboard trying to concentrate on what I was doing but with that irritating side thought stabbing away in my head. You must have all experienced it – semi daydreaming whilst trying to focus.
I stopped typing and thought to myself what’s stopping me doing the night? I used to do loads of overnighters between work, but guess I have simply got out of the habit of doing so. In fact I had only done one other one this year and that was at the start of this prolonged hot period we have gone through. I had walked in my front door from work and the heat had hit me.
“I’m not sleeping in there tonight”. I mumbled to myself and promptly chucked some gear in the motor and headed off to find a nice lake to sleep beside.
Anyway, back to yesterday. Lunchtime I had no thought at all about going fishing. Then the wind blew my paperwork, I noticed the cloud and suddenly I’m in fishing mode.
I left work at the usual time, chucked the tackle in the motor and before I knew it I was pulting Surf ‘N’ Turf boilies out to an area being hit by the wind.
Here I am back in the office (on time as well) with both a common and a mirror added to my years tally.
Bonus fish from simply taking note of the weather conditions. I can’t drop everything for a session when conditions look good but I can squeeze a quick overnighter. I can see myself getting back into routine doing a few more of these quick overnighters. What better way to start a working day than with a carp in the net? I’m sure I drove the 30 odd miles to work with a contented grin on my face.
Just a little bit of effort can result in a lot of self satisfaction and reward.
Best fishes
Shaun Harrison
