I have not been out fishing for a while, but was recently looking through some photos and having a play around with them in photoshop and an app on my phone.
Having a look back at what I have done through 2013 fishing wise, I realise I haven't done that much. I started the year very positive, new blog and facebook page, the promise of regular updates and regular sessions, and yet here we are in 2014 and the year has flown by!! I started the year replacing any used and tired bits of tackle, aswell as some newer gear to target a couple of local commercial lakes. A few sessions at my local MBK Leisures Barons pond had me catching some fish again, a rarity as I had spent the previous year solely on the River Thames after Barbel, so to go out and have some fun and get a few bite and some fish on the bank was good. I took the kids out maggotdrowning a couple of times, far less than the amount of times I wanted to get out with them, but weather and floods put pay to getting out more. I have found a couple of local lakes now where they can enjoy year round sport and one of them is free to fish :) I also had ago at making my own boilies, it...
Below are a few pics from todays session on the thames. Simple methods, 3 and 4mtr whips with 4bb wagglers, 3lb mainline, 2lb bottom with size 20 Drennan silverfish barbless. Feeding with maggots and a few grains of hemp, we were catching bleak all day. I took advantage of the offer on www.takeafriendfishing.co.uk which allowed a free day licence between july 21st and 28th. So I applied for 5 for the non fisherpeople in my family. A good day was had by all, with plenty of bleak obliging to make the kids happy. posted from Bloggeroid
I have not been to Holme grange in Crowthorne for about 12yrs. On my last visit it was just a hole in the ground with open banks and a mud car park. However all these years on and the lake looks to have come on leaps and bounds. There is more bank side vegetation now seperating swims, as well as a small tackle shop, tuck shop, and purpose built car park. The purpose for my visit was an open day, run by crowthorne angling and holme grange, also korum, preston innovations, sonubaits and avid carp were also in attendance. 0 All 4 of the companies are owned by one parent company but are different arms, sonubaits do the baits, korum the specialist side, preston the match side and avid the specimen carp guys. They had all their latest products and baits on show, korum also had some float rods set up for the youngsters to have a go at catching some fish. My kids and 2 nephews were enjoying fishing with maggots and waggler set ups, catching roach under the rod tips, under the wat...
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