It’s been a while since my last trip, due to the extreme Winter weather coming back again.
I arrived about 1ish on Saturday afternoon, to find only one other person on the lake, who was fishing at the shallow end at the back of the reeds. I was hoping to fish the reeds but, with it being Winter still, I thought I would head down the deep end at the back of the wind.
MY SWIM
Rod 1 – was a small stick bag with a 1.5oz lead, as there is a bit of silt down my end and I did not what to get stuck to deep in it. I had my normal Gulp bait Coco and Banana 12mm pop up on the Sit up and beg rig.
Stick Mix
Rod 2- was a zig rig again with a zig bug
There was a nice southerly strong wind blowing, so I was hoping my luck would be in this time, as I have not had a carp in 2013 yet and by now I normally have had a some.
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Well that’s another night over with no fish action.
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
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