mikench
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The dark foreboding sky and constant rain was not conducive to encouraging me to even venture out but I did! I set off at 7.30 to my closest venue only to find that the cattle grid across the private roadway had collapsed! whilst I could have detoured across the adjacent field I decided against. There were several reasons, the large Bazardaise bull, the electric fence and the knowledge that the mud I would amass on the car and in the wheel arches would take days to remove!
I reversed and set off to the 15 acre mere I have had a modicum of success at . By 8.30 I was set up and my feeder rod was resting nicely on the buzzer and camero tripod. It continued to rain and i set up the brolly. At 9.00 i set up my float rod and fished 6mm pellet on a small float. I am glad I did because apart from the infernal ducks tapping my line and when reeling in to recast periodically, the chirruping of the buzzer was conspicuous by its absence The rain stopped , the brolly was packed away, the sun came out and all was well with the world!
I didn't catch much but as my wife says, I enjoyed messing about immensely ! I caught 8 roach all above 8 oz and a couple around a pound over the course of the day and all on the float! Finally at about 4.00 I had a run on the feeder and thought it might be a large carp. After a short struggle the telltale " oh dear I am caught and will just play dead" told me it was a bream! They never let me down and this one looked enormous and I was convinced it was into double figures ! In fact it was a shade over 6lb but looked bigger. I returned it to the water whereupon it turned turtle and I was convinced I had killed the bl**** thing. I righted it with the net but it promptly turned upside down again. After an age it suddenly righted itself and shot off!
No more fish but the sunshine, the ambience and solitude really helped my "messing" and I realised why I liked fishing!:wh
I reversed and set off to the 15 acre mere I have had a modicum of success at . By 8.30 I was set up and my feeder rod was resting nicely on the buzzer and camero tripod. It continued to rain and i set up the brolly. At 9.00 i set up my float rod and fished 6mm pellet on a small float. I am glad I did because apart from the infernal ducks tapping my line and when reeling in to recast periodically, the chirruping of the buzzer was conspicuous by its absence The rain stopped , the brolly was packed away, the sun came out and all was well with the world!
I didn't catch much but as my wife says, I enjoyed messing about immensely ! I caught 8 roach all above 8 oz and a couple around a pound over the course of the day and all on the float! Finally at about 4.00 I had a run on the feeder and thought it might be a large carp. After a short struggle the telltale " oh dear I am caught and will just play dead" told me it was a bream! They never let me down and this one looked enormous and I was convinced it was into double figures ! In fact it was a shade over 6lb but looked bigger. I returned it to the water whereupon it turned turtle and I was convinced I had killed the bl**** thing. I righted it with the net but it promptly turned upside down again. After an age it suddenly righted itself and shot off!
No more fish but the sunshine, the ambience and solitude really helped my "messing" and I realised why I liked fishing!:wh
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