A pleasant mostly
over cast day with a westerly breeze greeted 7 enthusiastic
participants.
Conditions looked
reasonable, but we knew it might be challenging after the recent
turbulent weather changes. The rain has cooled the water down a lot
and the fish have spread out over much of the lake.
After the usual
welcome, safety briefing on boat use, and a short casting demo by
Keith, we had casting practice on the bank, and with all showing a
lot of promise it was off onto the boats. We fished until 1pm when we
had a break and chat about how things were going. Five fish had been
landed, one by newcomer Mick.
We set off to do
battle with the fish again. Some mixed fortunes with Kez’s boat
landing 6 on a white snake, Rosemary’s a couple more on nymphs and
John’s another one. There were fish on and off particularly for
David fishing a cut throat cat. Josh took Gemma out and managed to
get a monster on; he gave the rod to Gemma who played it for a while
before getting snapped. I am told she is hooked and will be back
again!
Most went home with
a fish caught by them or their tutor. Having had a take or played a
fish for a short while, but too many wily fish got off. The fish are
just not feeding properly at present and the only one spooned had
nothing in it
It was a pleasure to
give all newcomers a taste of our wonderful sport. Do please get in
touch if you would like to have another go and we will be most
willing to oblige.
There is the usual
big thank you to those who came and helped, especially to Josh who
deserted his float tube and came to the rescue when we found we had
one extra person.
If there are any
folk who fish Colwick who would like to share their knowledge and
skills with newcomers and be prepared to come and help on taster
days, do please let the fishery or the club know.
RG 6.8.17
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