With Spring here, I need to put in as much effort as possible. The fish will be starting to move around more and will be at good weighs. Therfore, this is my best opportunity to catch a 30+ common and with the solar bait after its performance last weekend, I am buzzing.
The right hand rod is on the nice clear spot I had the common from the other week.
My left had rod is just off the corner of the island this time.
I have got a bag on the distant rod (as before), however, I have mixed up some stick mix using the Solar Mix glug and boy that smells great. I will stick some boilles out once the seagulls have gone to bed! I have catapulted some broken boilies round by the island as well.
Good God, that was the coldest night I have had for a long time.
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 