With all the house work done and the kids at school. I popped down the river for a couple of hours today. I was in search for that Barbel, which I am so desperate after. Facebook is good, but at the moment I keep seeing pictures of Barbel which is driving me mad (or driving me to go and catch one).
I have found a nice spot on a bed full of weed and a couple of carp, which I can’t resist having a go for.
I have managed to get some poloni boilies out without spooking them as well as my hook baits, which had two small bags of the micro pellets with my favourite Krill & Tuna oil. I am just going to have to sit back and wait and see, as I dare not take a peek. I don’t wish to spooke them away. The area within this bend is quite large and I am hoping they don’t move off this end and up to the other.
I couldn’t resist a look and low and behold the carp where still mooching around the weed beds plus a very nice pike! I will take note of this area for some winter pike fishing. I also found a very nice area a few yards down stream, which will be a very interesting place to fish in the future.
Looking very pleasant, I must say, it’s a lovely river to fish.
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 