Horseshoe Dreams

[Graham Marsden]

This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: Horseshoe Dreams

 

[Bully]

Some cracking pictures here.......love the one of the fish under the bank and the sunset.

 

[Frothey]

It's a cracking lake with some lovely fish, so it is.

Re the camo bit - couldn't you just lose the tubing totally?

 

[Graham Whatmore]

It is a lovely place with well set up pegs, some double, some single and even some pegs for day ticket only visitors, a well stocked shop onsite and a cafe for your breakfast, I love the place.

Both the late Johnny Jones and I spent eight futile sessions on there in search of those lovely tench with nary a tench or a bite to show for it between us apart from an 18lb that John caught but I never got tired of fishing there. Its not an easy place to catch fish and a bit moody too but to be honest we didn't fish the optimum times, dusk and early night time because you aren't allowed to on a day ticket.

 

[Frothey]

Just the one 18lb'er? That's one hell of a tench.....

 

[Peter Jacobs]

Just the one 18lb'er? That's one hell of a tench.....

Yeah, but it was weighed by 'Spiders . . . . . . .

 

[Graham Whatmore]

Hahahaha! yes, I meant carp of course and a lovely looking carp at that, absolutely pristine it was. That carp was hooked and landed by John on a 6lb line with a 4lb hooklength, no mean feat because those Horseshoe carp do tend to go a bit.

 

[Frothey]

Keep meaning to get back down there, but the years flying by......

 

[Dicky (Angling Trust PAC)]

Some of the best pics I've seen with an FM article in quite a while.

I must have a crack at some of those Gloucs pits one day

 

[Skoda]

Super article Samantha, many thanks! I'm not a carp angler but it sounds idyllic. Excellent pictures only serve to make it feel better.

Andy