I am out again for my third trip of the year, with all the snow and the cold weather I thought it best to go pike fishing again. I have got some bread, my float rod and center pin in the car just in case the going gets hard. I have managed to go to another area after a quick drive round this morning.
Shame its not in the sun as the wind is very cold today. Well with no joy by 1 pm, it was time to move. I found a nice 1 rod swim and with a few branches moved out the way, it was bait out and sit back time.
I will give it a hour or so here and see what happens. Well, it’s 3.30pm and still no joy, have been up and down a 1/2 mile stretch of the river full of snags and areas of slack water with only one knock and I am not sure that was one anyway.
Let’s see what the last few hours bring? The last few hours was a no go with the pike, I will be back again and let’s hope for better luck as I seem to be having a hard time with the pike at the moment.
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 