I have been back out again, and it’s still not warming up. The wind has changed to the north and it feels warmer or I’m getting used to it!
I arrived back at the car park, in time to see the two anglers, that were here the other night just leaving after a 2 night blank. I did not wish to fish over their baits, as the reed swim was taken it was back to the same swim again. Which had been empty since the night I fished, and as I had put a handful of bait over each spot before I went home and may have a change of a fish.
I set up as before as there was no reason to change anything.
I was woken by yet more bream in the night, and when I woke up in the morning, there was nothing but blue sky and sunshine, no wind and cat ice in the corner of the lake.
It was time to go and with no joy yet again. I do hope the weather changes soon. The water temperature had dropped to 3c in the night, not very good for this time of the year and not good for Mr Carp.
Till next time
Richard
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About richardhandel
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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