We all make mistakes!
Looking back at my
diary exactly a year ago the daytime temperature reached 22 degrees,
just 6 degrees overnight and a slight easterly blew. I was enjoying a
session at Westhampnett and that evening I landed three good bream.
As I look out the window today it’s all different, temperatures are
struggling to get above freezing and snow covers the ground.
Yesterday I had spent the day cleaning the tackle shed along with
preparing my bream kit in the hope of my first overnight session of
the year on Monday, the location Westhampnett, but will it happen, I
have my doubts. If it doesn’t it will be a real shame as I was
hoping to say farewell to a venue that has been so kind to me before
commencing a sustained tench campaign. My ticket does allow me to
fish the venue till the end of May, yet I wanted to put all my spare
time into another venue; however it looks like I might just be also
thinking of bream at the same time.
I think the most
annoying thing that this terrible winter has bought is the endless
hours spent organising tackle only to see the weather spoil the plan.
Whether it be a guiding day or planed personal session I think I must
have spent as much time getting my kit ready than actually on the
bank. Sometimes I wish my life was more stereotyped, one species, one
venue were the kit is always prepared it’s just a case of sorting
bait and going. Unfortunately this isn’t the case, yet things
should get easier over the next few months.
With cold heavy
rain falling all day on Monday I did the sensible option and stayed
at home compiling an article on preparing for a tench campaign. Due
to the cold rain my planned roach day on Tuesday was put of till
Wednesday and once again I got ahead of my self and wrote another
article on targeting numerous species throughout one session.
Finally Wednesday
arrived and although the weather was cold at least it was settled and
I headed to a day ticket fishery in hope of roach. Arriving slightly
later than hoped I found I had the lake to myself and settled in the
same swim that had produced a two-pounder a couple of weeks ago. This
time I had decided to try the float, yet come the end of the day just
two net fish had fallen, a roach of 1lb 7oz and a trout, however the
feeder had done the business, not in terms of numbers but quality as
two roach had been netted, the best 2lb 6oz, the other 1lb 8oz.
Unfortunately photographic evidence of the roach wasn’t possible as
I found myself with a flat battery. As the heading says, we all make
mistakes!
Knowing that the
weather was once again going to change for the worse come the end of
the week I almost decided to stay indoors yet after dropping the
girlfriend of Thursday morning I stopped of at Badshot Lea Big Pond.
This venue usually fishes really well in the spring for tench and
bream, yet after two hours of non activity I was just about to move
swim when the indicator danced then dropped to the ground. It was the
start of a productive two hours in which nine good bream fell to the
helicopter rig and groundbait feeder. Unfortunately the feeding spree
was short lived and the shoal moved on yet 40lb of bream in five
hours was far more than I had expected and proof that spring is just
around the corner.
Having a delivery
of bait and tackle from Nash I spent Friday cleaning tackle and
preparing for the spring. I have to say that I can’t wait to get
out and use my new Nash Entity rods, Siren alarms plus everything
else needed to fish at the top of my game. My new sponsors Nash have
listened to what I want to do over the next year and are backing me
in every direction and I’m going to do everything in my power to
pay them back, big time.
Its time to go and
catch some big fish!
22 balmy degrees to -3 chilly ones but at the same time of year! I remember that early warm spell last year was followed by awful weather that set things back by three weeks. Who knows what this stuff we have now will bring later on?
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