I fancied a bit of stocking today in a few swims round the lake, as I have not done this for sometime and the weather is looking very good. There is going to be plenty of rain this week, which will hopefully mean that the river will be in perfect condition next week when I to return there again after the barbel.
This is my first choice, it is the furthest away from the car park (I have chucked some bait in all the day swims which are all amongst the trees, so I may work my way down to the car park). This syndicate has put a lot of thought into their design and have broken the lake up perfectly.
All I am doing is free line-ing Bait-tech Polony meat .
And scattering around micro pellets and broken up poloni boilies, ( As an attraction for the fish.)
Mini chopped Polony meat
I have moved on to the second swim of the day, only giving each swim and hour. I only get from 1000 – 1400 fishing time. Which is plenty enough for this sort of fishing.
Despite another two swim moves, I failed to entice any carp to feed today.
Time to collect the kid’s from school.
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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