I relearned and old lesson last weekend, you may think you have the lake sorted out but no one tells the carp the rules.When I joined Shaun on our syndicatewater Grenville Lake he had already fished for 24 hours.He was fishing a swim in a bay that he knows well and has fished successfully over the last year. I chose a swim at the other side of the point on his right.Conditions for us both looked good.Within an hour I was getting liners over the Surf n’Turf and after three hours I had a run that I did not connect with.I sat confidently for another 24 hours; while the new wind that should have pushed the fish towards swung slowly around 360 degrees and the temperature cooled considerably.Was I worried was I hell? The fish in this lake always fish off the back of a cold wind.Don’t they?The wind picked up and I sat it out. (more…)
With these dark nights and awful weather I thought it was time to have a smile. Any clean(ish) funny stories or happenings would be welcome. Below is my first contribution.
As some of you may be aware I am a mathematicsteacher. Years ago I was fishing a water that had both a syndicate and day ticket anglers. As it happened one of the pupils I taught and I were syndicate members. Now this lad was a really good kid, but not overly academic. Just to paint the picture he came round one morning really excited that he had caught a greencarp. Wow I thought, is this a carp from Mars? Or a new species? Or had he been on something? On going round to photograph it.. you guest it it was a tench.
Now one night the lads thought they would play a joke on him and placed a blow up against the back of his bivvy. Next morning, when the day ticket anglers arrived the comments were wonderful: (more…)
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