I am back out on my new water for the second time in a week! I must say thank you to the wife and kid’s for letting me out. The weather is amazing, stong S/W wind is blowing in my face. I have hidden myself behind a bush to give me some shelter.

For some reason, probably due to the fact I can’t be bothered to try and get more than 2 bank sticks in. My set up is starting to look like Jim Shelleys! Oh well.

Rod-1
This was cast 60 yards in 4ft of water, leading up to 2.5 ft with a few spods of a sweetcorn, pellet groundbait mix with a good dose of attracts, with some 8mm boilies. There is also a small bag with broken boilies of my chosen hook bait, which has been soaking since spring last year.
I carry a selection bag of baits in all sorts of dips with me. The problem is that the labels that I put on have rubbed off over the years, so I have to guess most of the time. I do leave the pot on top that I am using, so do I know which bait to use after having a fish.
Rod-2
Was put just off an overhanging bush down the margin a bit, in the hope that this wind would push them onto this bank.

The conditions are looking great.
This place is like a jungle, just like how the carp lakes use to look like. I am starting to sound Old.

I may be a bit mad, but I have to pack up in the dark and find my way back up the path though the woods at 0530 in the morning. As they say effort equals reward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH_5w2rl2Eg
Unfortunatly no reward this time.
Oh well
Till next time
Richard
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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