Fishing, Diving and Computing
Fishing, Diving and Computing
My plan I arrived at peg 5 about 3:30pm. My plan was as follows: – Plumb the depth along the downstream tree using my pole. Feed up mid-river with a groundbait of fishmeal, hemp, broken Scopex boilies. Feed up under the tree with a mix of liquidised bread, hemp, crushed Scopex boilies and micro meat cubes (2mm-ish). Whilst the fish…
A first for me I have never float fished in fast shallow water so was really looking forward to today. Unfortunately it started to rain the night before and the forecast was for rain on and off all day with moderate wind and only 12 degrees. I considered taking some warmer clothes but decided that my fleece and waterproof (thin)…
Opening day – a scorcher! We had a very hot week prior to the season starting. This continued into opening day. Opening day was my first chance to test out my seatbox, loading it and pushing it to the peg. Then getting it down the river bank to the riverside. 3 days – 3 pegs I had taken a couple…
A very cold spring What a strange spring, we had very little rain, freezing nights – even into May and the occasional sunny day. However the cold nights did nothing to raise the water temperature of the pond. This meant that the fish were very docile and not ready to spawn. Even the bankside vegetation and Lillies were held back.…