With only 2 weeks to go and a christening this weekend i don't have a lot of time left. The hooks i am using was delivered today i am taking 4 different hooks fox armo points. nash twister's, carp are us nailer's, and solar long shank mostly in size 6 and 4 that should about cover everything. I will be fishing the Blowback rig it seemed the best rig last year after we kept losing fish on other rigs we tried
The bait is now in the conservatory laid on the floor and the whole house now smells of bait the wife is not happy but it is getting it dry a lot quicker than it was in the garage. Once it is dry i will put it in air drying sack's. I am going to take fresh hook baits and let them dry in bags at the lake after a few days i will then put them in a tub with some glug and that should keep them nice and fresh but not too hard so i can't get a baiting needle threw them.
The new line also went on the spool's tonight so that's another job out of the way. Sunday night and i will be putting 10kg of red band in some water ready so i can cook it up wed's thur's night that should see me threw the 1st week.
Paul brought me 10kg of NINJA the trial bait it is the first time it will be used in france so i am hoping that it will do very well over there looking forward to seeing what it will catch. It's doing very well in the uk with some good fish being caught on it.
When i leave on the 28th i will not be posting as i don't have a laptop so i will report on the trip when i get back. You may or may not have noticed that there is a hit's counter on the blogg now i was shocked when i checked on tonight to see it has had 50 hits. I am pleased that someone is reading this and i thank you and hope you enjoy it. I keep my post's small because i don't want you to get to bored There just small post's to let me and you know what is happening with my fishing with out to much dross lol
Russ
Monday 17 May 2010
Monday 10 May 2010
Started
I have started to dry my bait out for the french trip i now have 10kg of Marlarky laid on my day chair in the garage. It will take 4-5 days to dry them enough to so i can then put them in air dry bags for a few more day's then put them into cardboard boxes.
Even though there is still 3 weeks to go i have to get the job done Paul is bringing me another 40kg up this weekend which will need doing and i can only do so much at a time.
This trip is taking a lot of sorting and money you never seem to have the enough or the right gear just to get in the van and go. Bigger hooks Gas for the stove loads of bits and bob's that you think of that you might need when you are out there the list just keeps getting bigger and so does the cost of the trip. Fishing for 2 weeks you need to do make sure you have everything with you
Even though there is still 3 weeks to go i have to get the job done Paul is bringing me another 40kg up this weekend which will need doing and i can only do so much at a time.
This trip is taking a lot of sorting and money you never seem to have the enough or the right gear just to get in the van and go. Bigger hooks Gas for the stove loads of bits and bob's that you think of that you might need when you are out there the list just keeps getting bigger and so does the cost of the trip. Fishing for 2 weeks you need to do make sure you have everything with you
Sunday 9 May 2010
Brilliant
What a good weekend i had. Started friday night when i got down to welly with only a few swims left i choose to fish one called the "Channel" all the rods went in nice and easy and it was then the waiting started. Tone had come down for the weekend and was set up in the end swim called "The Lock" It was saturday morning before any thing happened and the first one of the trip But sadly the hook pulled and i lost it That's two lost fish in as many weeks now i checked the hook and it seemed sharp to me i just put it down to one of them thing's. A few hours passed when i had another run which went very smooth and soon a cracking looking mirror was laid in the net. It went on the scales at 27-04 I was very pleased and my brother did the honour's with the camera
As the day went on the fish in my swim was getting very active with lots of head and shoulder's and rolling fish popping out every few minutes Trouble was they was more interested in a fly hatch more than a boilie all i could do was sit there and watch the show.
Nothing happened for the rest of the day and i settled in for the night. The wind had dropped to a nice clam blow and it was not as cold. At 4.00am i had a screaming take which woke me i hit into the run the fish kited to my right making its way down the lake. When it happened again another bloody hook pull. After re-baiting and a recast i was soon back in the sleeping bag next thing i new was it was 8.00am when the right hand rod was away I was in again and the hook held so after a brief battle. Tone slipped the net under a nice looking 18lb common I did take a photo but made a mess of the self take 's
This week i brought some bankstick stabiliser's from a company called Defiant mps I can highly recommend this company for all your stainless steel banksticks and there hanger's are the mutt's nuts. Check them out
As the day went on the fish in my swim was getting very active with lots of head and shoulder's and rolling fish popping out every few minutes Trouble was they was more interested in a fly hatch more than a boilie all i could do was sit there and watch the show.
Nothing happened for the rest of the day and i settled in for the night. The wind had dropped to a nice clam blow and it was not as cold. At 4.00am i had a screaming take which woke me i hit into the run the fish kited to my right making its way down the lake. When it happened again another bloody hook pull. After re-baiting and a recast i was soon back in the sleeping bag next thing i new was it was 8.00am when the right hand rod was away I was in again and the hook held so after a brief battle. Tone slipped the net under a nice looking 18lb common I did take a photo but made a mess of the self take 's
This week i brought some bankstick stabiliser's from a company called Defiant mps I can highly recommend this company for all your stainless steel banksticks and there hanger's are the mutt's nuts. Check them out
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Weekend the bank holiday
It was time i got myself back down welly. Having to work Saturday morning i didn't get there till early afternoon. With the wind getting stronger and blowing in from the north It was cold i can tell you under the brolly. I set up in a swim that i have not fished before called the fridge ( i now no why it's called that lol )
At about 6.30pm a couple of hours had gone by with out any shows when the middle rod that was in the bay to my right ripped off only for the fish to come off with in a few minutes that was the last and only action i had that night.
The next day i had to get out of the swim because of the cold i just could not keep warm so i had a look at the double swim and moved in a swim that that Tone was leaving he had had a good hit in there with 7 fish under his belt to 28lb i felt i could keep it going. How wrong was i within 3 hours of casting out i had a small stockie good start i thought. With the wind really strong now and fish showing all over the lake it looked like a few more would be in the net. Again with no more action that night monday morning early and i was packing up which is not like me i normally hold out till after dinner But i just felt that nothing was going to happen.
I went around to see a mate of mine for a quick chat and saw fish rolling in the bay next to the point so chucked one rod out and sat for an hour waiting but i am afraid that was that .
So it was not a blank weekend despite the weather being so cold. Strange that heron was slow and the mill this week has had a few good fish out.
Oh well all ways this weekend to look forward too
At about 6.30pm a couple of hours had gone by with out any shows when the middle rod that was in the bay to my right ripped off only for the fish to come off with in a few minutes that was the last and only action i had that night.
The next day i had to get out of the swim because of the cold i just could not keep warm so i had a look at the double swim and moved in a swim that that Tone was leaving he had had a good hit in there with 7 fish under his belt to 28lb i felt i could keep it going. How wrong was i within 3 hours of casting out i had a small stockie good start i thought. With the wind really strong now and fish showing all over the lake it looked like a few more would be in the net. Again with no more action that night monday morning early and i was packing up which is not like me i normally hold out till after dinner But i just felt that nothing was going to happen.
I went around to see a mate of mine for a quick chat and saw fish rolling in the bay next to the point so chucked one rod out and sat for an hour waiting but i am afraid that was that .
So it was not a blank weekend despite the weather being so cold. Strange that heron was slow and the mill this week has had a few good fish out.
Oh well all ways this weekend to look forward too
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