I am back on the Airfield Lake again for 24hrs. I have headed over to the area that I believe was where the odd Carp have been showing. There is a stong West wind blowing still, I am hoping they may still be in the area.
I have baited a couple of nice hard areas with a few spots of chopped Catalyst boilies and pellets. I have also flicked a pop up over one and a wafter with some paste wrapped around it for a bit of extra attraction.
The night past without a bleep and the Canadian geese at full volume (joy). You can certainly tell Spring is here. I am going to hang around until mid afternoon, pack up and have a good walk round the complex. With the lack of anglers over the past 5 months, the Carp always revert back to naturals and then have to ween them off again. Which depending on the amount of people fishing, it can take a few weeks and I am certain that a far few of these Carp have never touched a boilie.
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
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.# (Bradley Whitford)
