Loss of Motivation
After my determined start to the season, renewing tackle, plans etc I seem to have fallen into a severe lack of motivation when it comes to actually getting out and putting the time in.
Work and my family play a big part in the amount of fishing I do, so its not always easy to get out when the conditions suit, more a case of going when I have the chance whatever the conditions and deciding what to fish for based on when im going.
Losing the only fish I had hooked in a long time then losing it to tackle failure didnt help my cause either!!
I have had a couple of sessions out since my last blog entry, both after barbel, both were when the river was carrying extra water from the rain, and both resulted in the same result.......BLANK.
I like to keep in touch with whats going on at the river, whats being caught, conditions etc, but as I now live further away its not always easy for me to get there to check, as I used to drive and walk the river a couple of times a week checking on areas / seeing if anglers were catching etc.
So I use the internet to keep an eye on captures and river condition. Barbel captures from the Thames this year have gone mad, with fish to over 17lb being report and hundreds of fish over 10lb.
The rain has made it one of the best years for them by far, yet I have still found it hard to muster up the encouragement to get out and do more than I should.
I use several barbel pages on facebook
Barbel Fishing (The Prince of the River)
Thames Barbel Anglers
The Barbel Society
I also have my own page on Facebook - Diary of a Thames Fisherman
As well as forums
The Anglers Forum (Formally Cemex Angling Forum)
Barbel Fishing World
Heres hoping I can get out alot more during 2013, I have alot of catching up to do, having not caught a barbel from the thames for several years now!!
Until next time......
Work and my family play a big part in the amount of fishing I do, so its not always easy to get out when the conditions suit, more a case of going when I have the chance whatever the conditions and deciding what to fish for based on when im going.
Losing the only fish I had hooked in a long time then losing it to tackle failure didnt help my cause either!!
I have had a couple of sessions out since my last blog entry, both after barbel, both were when the river was carrying extra water from the rain, and both resulted in the same result.......BLANK.
I like to keep in touch with whats going on at the river, whats being caught, conditions etc, but as I now live further away its not always easy for me to get there to check, as I used to drive and walk the river a couple of times a week checking on areas / seeing if anglers were catching etc.
So I use the internet to keep an eye on captures and river condition. Barbel captures from the Thames this year have gone mad, with fish to over 17lb being report and hundreds of fish over 10lb.
The rain has made it one of the best years for them by far, yet I have still found it hard to muster up the encouragement to get out and do more than I should.
I use several barbel pages on facebook
Barbel Fishing (The Prince of the River)
Thames Barbel Anglers
The Barbel Society
I also have my own page on Facebook - Diary of a Thames Fisherman
As well as forums
The Anglers Forum (Formally Cemex Angling Forum)
Barbel Fishing World
Heres hoping I can get out alot more during 2013, I have alot of catching up to do, having not caught a barbel from the thames for several years now!!
Until next time......
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