Category: Fishing
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An Evening At Whitesprings
I popped up to Whitesprings Fishery for a session last night. Lots of fun bagging up on these small carp (F1 hybrids? – the one on the right is more cruciany). Thanks to my recent birthday I’ve picked up some new feeder kit and it helps – I’ve never caught so many carp on the…
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Spring Evening Ripples
This is the first blog entry this month, suggesting I’ve been too busy to do anything interesting. (Not entirely true – my dad came down on the weekend to babysit, which made for a great weekend). I did manage to get out to fish for a couple of hours last night, which was gorgeous except…
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Bouncing down
I have evidence here, that spring has arrived. This mini-video (best with sound) shows heavy, heavy rain bouncing off my fishing brolly, and yet I was quite warm. So we must have jumped from cold winter winds to April showers in just the last 7 days. I was happy too, because I had a nice…
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Country Weekend
It was my birthday on the weekend, so we went back to Cheltenham to see family and friends for a “country weekend”: Shooting clays (soaking wet and freezing, but very good, noisy and destructive afternoon – Kim started to get her eye in on some of the later traps). Angling (a very productive morning on…
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Whitesprings Lakes
Pretty, eh? Still blanked though. Its funny how fishing for big fish is almost religious. You get so few bites, so few fish, and often even less indication that there are any fish, that you have to develop faith in your baits, your rigs, and your tackle. You make minor or major changes often based…