That sounds very very nice, freedom and if you can fish the stream a perfect escape!
I've not felt the vibe since coming back from Belgium and my daughter's moved back in so it's been busy too, but reading your post makes me want to have a few hours lure fishing on our stream running through the syndi maybe Sunday morning.
Got a weekend job come up that'll last right through winter if I don't pull my finger out - the target now is 5 nights at Bluebell in Dec if I can get finished in time.
Totally.
Spent a few hours there the other day with my sons.
We tried dead bait, no joy. But had a few tiddlers in the float rod.
Got them off the screens for a few hours enjoying their surroundings
Sounds ideal mate.,
I don't get the enthusiam a lot for carp now, probably because of the club water I now fish, it is not what it used to be.
Still like playing about with tactics that are not so trendy now and they do work too.
Think when you reach a certain age it is just making the time on the bank that matters to me
They're two separate tickets mate.
The estate has about 2 miles of bank, over 4 stream fed lakes in a valley, a lot of it is unfishable.
It is lovely, with natural English carp rumoured to e around the 30 mark.
Just talking about it is making me want to go