With the weather looking quite good first think this morning, I headed for a nice quiet snaggy corner and sheltered from the wind.
And just perfect for a spot of margin fishing.
I flicked a small Godman Angling mesh bag out with a Poloni washed out pop up, into the corner.
And did the same for the righthand rod under an overhanging tree.
And sat back on my bucket.
The wind was picking up into this corner and the sun was going in. It was not quite feeling right. So I headed off for a walk around and found that at the back of the wind, was so much better and with a few handfuls of chopped up Bait-Tech Poloni Boilies scattered around in a couple of swims, I headed home.
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 