Posts Tagged ‘Laroussi’

Quest for a Large Common

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

by Samantha Collins-Ratcliffe

I decided to book a week away in on a lake that holds big and the chance of landing a few good , so I called David from lines and asked his advice. He talked extensively about and convinced me this was the lake I was looking for, so I booked up for the last week in March. I set about doing all my homework for the lake from the lines website, which was full of useful hints and tips. Then it was time to sort out what bait I was going to take with me so I called at baits and decided to use liver B8 as a new for this year.

I headed off to on a to catch a big Common, armed with liver B8, 10-15mm life boiles, there was no stopping me, car all loaded for the week. It took 3 ½ hours to reach Le Mans from travelling through temperatures down to - 4°C and encountering the odd snowstorm along the way. When I reached the temperature had crept up a little to 1°C with the odd heavy downpour but that didn’t put me off! (more…)