Yet again I was at the gate at 7 am and after being let in I made my way down to the car park. There were only a couple of cars there so I knew I would have a good choice of swim.
I loaded up the trolley and made my way round to my favourite swim on Hare. When I got there the surface of the water was covered in blossom and lots of other flotsam and jetsam from the overhanging trees. Little did I know how this would affect the day's fishing.
The set up today would be a one rod with a simple waggler set up. I mixed the ground bait and then let it stand while I set up my match rod. I was all set up and ready to make my first cast at 7:50 am.
The first two hours was very quiet. I only managed to catch one small skimmer on the corn. I did however lose a carp which spat the hook when it reached the far side. I can only put it down to the fact I wasn't yet warmed up!
Five hours passed and I'd only added a couple of carp to the total. They were caught on banded pellet. Why was I having so much trouble you may ask?
Here they are:
The answer was this aforementioned flotsam and jetsam. It kept sticking to the line which among other things made casting difficult. It also more importantly meant that every few minutes I had to clear the rod and line of debris which wasn't as easy as it sounds. It really stuck to the line. By the end of the day I was extremely frustrated with the situation.
Another hour passed and another two small carp made the virtual net having again fallen to banded pellet.
By the time I packed up at 18:10 I'd caught another three carp on pellet plus one on meat. This made my total for the day a mere nine. Perhaps when I saw the state of the lake I should have moved to another one, then again hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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