Good morning everyone,
After my experience at this year's Fish'O' Mania Final I was asked if I would be interested in going for England disabled team trial in readiness for next year's events, this is a dream come true and have jumped at the chance, the down side was I'd never seen bloodworm and joker before never mind fished with it. So after an initial panic a really good friend Carl Shepherdson spoke to me and offered to help me to achieve a dream.
It was a 4 hour drive from my home in Suffolk but luckily I was heading north to fish the Hooked for Heroes match at Lindholme Lakes and I wasn't going to turn the opportunity down I needed to see if I could do this. We had a chat and after some ringing around and sending emails we found the best place to go was the Aire and Calder canal.
When we got there we started the day by going through groundbait choices and mixes, we also decided to add leam to the mix to ensure it reached the bottom in the the deep water, we also took a look at different floats for this venue ranging from a 1.5g to a 3g and the varying patterns. Now it was time to set up, after the info we was given I decided to plumb up 2 lines one at 14.5m and one at 8m. Once we started to fish and it wasn't long before I had my first fish and once they arrived they kept coming. By the end of the day I had about 30lb of roach, perch and skimmers.
What a great day and one I really enjoyed, and I think I can get used to this style of fishing and can't wait to go again.
I also have to thank Carl Shepherdson for his time and patience and making it so enjoyable
After my experience at this year's Fish'O' Mania Final I was asked if I would be interested in going for England disabled team trial in readiness for next year's events, this is a dream come true and have jumped at the chance, the down side was I'd never seen bloodworm and joker before never mind fished with it. So after an initial panic a really good friend Carl Shepherdson spoke to me and offered to help me to achieve a dream.
It was a 4 hour drive from my home in Suffolk but luckily I was heading north to fish the Hooked for Heroes match at Lindholme Lakes and I wasn't going to turn the opportunity down I needed to see if I could do this. We had a chat and after some ringing around and sending emails we found the best place to go was the Aire and Calder canal.
When we got there we started the day by going through groundbait choices and mixes, we also decided to add leam to the mix to ensure it reached the bottom in the the deep water, we also took a look at different floats for this venue ranging from a 1.5g to a 3g and the varying patterns. Now it was time to set up, after the info we was given I decided to plumb up 2 lines one at 14.5m and one at 8m. Once we started to fish and it wasn't long before I had my first fish and once they arrived they kept coming. By the end of the day I had about 30lb of roach, perch and skimmers.
What a great day and one I really enjoyed, and I think I can get used to this style of fishing and can't wait to go again.
I also have to thank Carl Shepherdson for his time and patience and making it so enjoyable
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The Aire & Calder Navigation - Pollington Stretch was the venue for the session
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All the equipment and
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For someone who has never prepared bait like this
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Talking about measuring bait quantities out (left) - Hooking
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It's amazing how even just a couple of hours you get the bug back for canals again - amazing session
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A fantastic first ever session - 30lb net of silvers all taken on Bloodworm & Joker
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