How time flys!

Its a little under twelve months since my last diary entry which is a total shambles. However i am back with a renewed enthusiasm. I can honestly say that i don't believe I've enjoyed my fishing as much as i have in the last couple of weeks since my childhood sat at a pond with my farther catching 'monsters' which in reality were small perch and roach with the occasional bream and tench. anyway back to the job in hand, what a year it has bee

Ive had mixed success and some rather nice fish but what makes me most chuffed is that I've been able to help put a smile on a couple of faces along the way. my cousin Carl, a life time pleasure fisherman who went a couple of times a year. In the past twelve months hes accompanied me often and had some cracking fish topped off by this common just short of 16lb.

Another great catch was this 10lb common from the lodges which has only a handful of carp in it!

i think the smiles say it all and hes hooked just like the rest of us! i know have another great fishing companion.

Then there were my younger cousins how visited from France last October. They spent a week here for my sisters wedding and i managed to to get a couple of hours down the river with them one afternoon. As is always the case we timed it totally wrong, the river was up and the colour of hot chocolate, not good when your trying to trot a stick float in this very small river lostock. As you can imagine we didn't catch that many fish however i did manage to get William for different species which he was made up with! his first fish a perch followed by a roach then a dace and a chub. although only small this would have been a dream session for me at that age and i think he enjoyed it too!

Fishing for myself? well i have done quite a bit of that too but that will have to wait until i get home from work.