I have finaly made it out for a short evening session on the Hampshire Avon. It’s more of a reconisance mission to hunt down the carp. I didn’t want to waste this time, as it’s still light to gone 10pm. Therefore, I have taken the rod’s with me to have a go for the barbel and chub!
I had a good walk around for about 2 hours, looking for any signs of Mr Carp, I only found Mr Chub.
I settled to fish an area which had a nice sweeping corner, I have been unable to fish before, due to the water/weed levels. There is no real weed growth at the moment and the water level is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvP3SyMT0UE
I am fishing with feeders, packed with Bait-tech pellet, which have been soaked in Gulp Baits Liquid attracts, they also have a nice bit of Sonubaits paste(hemp oil & spicy sauage) – boy o boy does it stink, every thing I touch will smell of this for days! The fish are so going to love it.
And for good measure, I put a good dolup of the paste round the hook bait, with some extra pellet.
I just ended up with a chub of around the 5lb mark, not bad for my first trip this year.
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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