Well since my last post I certainly have been a busy chap! I’ve been flitting about here there and everywhere but have finally settled down again and looking forward to a fresh start.
I had a night back on that “special pit” and although I have no fishy activity to speak of I can certainly tell you the session was far from dull, the force 10 gale sorted that out and I spent most of the session hanging on to the bivvy!
After I left I had a venture round a water that I had known about for a long time and had walked its banks countless times during the summer months, I won’t name the water but for the purposes of this blog I shall call it “Snag Pit”, but what I will say is that it is simply stunning and has every feature a carp angler would want!
It was only when I spoke to Pete about it as a possible target venue that the juices got flowing once more, my mind was made up!
I decided to have a few last visits to Island in hope of landing the big girl in all of her winter glory but unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be, I did manage a few doubles though whilst other struggled to get a touch so it was nice to get a take or two after a long winter.
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I left Island knowing it would probably be my last visit. I have had some great times on there and made some lifelong friends but I am looking forward to starting afresh.
That pretty much brings us up to now, I’ve spent most of this afternoon down the new water having a good lead about and trickled in a bit of bait too. I even managed to find a few fish hiding in the snags exactly where I expected them to be. So this evening shall be spent sorting out the gear and tying some fresh rigs before heading down there tomorrow morning for a quick over nighter. It’s a far from easy water but the creatures it holds are absolutely stunning and it will certainly be worth all the hard graft that I am going to need to put in should I be fortunate enough to land one……
Until next time,
Smithy
