After a day’s carp fishing (well 4 hours) and the house husband stuff all done. What else could I do but spend the evening down the river?!
I had been given a top tip by the Estate Manger, that the carp move up & down a 2 miles section and don’t really go beyond this area. So, with this in mind, off I went and finally found them in a very large area above an island. It was not that accessible with the reeds and well trodden ground by the cows.
Next time I may need to bring waders, I have wet feet already. This is a very large area above the island, but it does have plenty of options and the carp did move around a lot. I decided that the best place to start would be at the back of the pads. This is where I had first spotted them digging around. I fired out plenty of bait-Tech micro pellet, I had them left over from this mornings trip. They were soaked in the krill & Tuna oil, a load of squads poloni boilies, a few pouch full’s of Marine pellet and sat back. Well not quite, as the friendly cow’s were a pain.
As dusk fell, the cows slowly moved off, they must of got board finally.
At around 11 pm I decided that I should be off home as 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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