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When i was fishing I asked a guy who a syndicate member of the lake nx door how was it fishing and he said they had a a tragedy on the lake the day before a angler had a fit fell into the lake and drowned, he was 27 years old and left a wife and two young children. So sad.

And if you do go back they will be bigger 👍

Sounds promising Elmo looks like you got the location spot on and another 24 hours to go. Nice pic 👍

I like how you caught the bird in flight in the bottom pic 👏

Hard going, had a Carp almost a double, Bream and a lovely Tench almost 5lb which made my day.

Got a cold east wind blowing but I’m tucked out of it warm in the sun tho

I must being getting older…or wiser, 1st things I put in my bag was suntan lotion, baseball cap and bottle of water.

Best of luck Elmo 🤞…I got the afternoon off so I’m off at 12 to fish to early evening.

I thought that was a Cat at first 😳 Nice pic 👍

Listen mate sell some of your gear to fund getting a half decent cheap bike you got your independence back then, fish light and be mobile on the canals, think positively this is the chance to fish this summer on the canals until things turn around for you to get a car 👍

Can’t you fish the canals you posted about from your bike don’t use yer bivvy just a umbrella plenty of daylight hours in the summer time

I loved my time on day ticket waters, the travelling and trying to find the waters no sat nav in them days all map reading, the excitement of a new water. There’s some stunning waters the Carp society’s Horseshoe and Orchid lake the home of the 30’s as it’s billed to name a few. we had our share of not so pretty waters to lol But there’s so much info on waters nowadays you can’t go wrong. I feel it made me a better angler for fishing day ticket waters Cant you take a year or two out and fish day tickets and then go back to your syndicate ?

Did you buy any Spode from Amazon after ?

How bad is the symptoms ?

Keep it for spare parts ?

Life size ?

Maybe you had the fish because it still smelled of you and not that your smell had washed off… who knows Tobacco smells on bait…iv seen a vid with the great late Iven Marks chain smoking catching fish after fish that was on a river but seen him mixing ground bait and catching fish on a lake also. I used to smoke cigars 😞 and still had my share of fish maybe they like the smell of us humans…who knows The one time I category known for certainty a 100% that smoking spoiled my chance of fish was when I had was smoking a Henry Wintman cigar (other brands are available) they were quite long and I was reeling in a fish using a multiplier and got to close to the line and burned through the line. 🙄 A fresh bait every time I reel in even if the bait don’t smell of decaying silt and the old hook bait goes to feed the wildlife I have used wash out baits when I got in a swim and a previous angler had put his or hers left over bait in the margin I put one on as a hook bait

If anyone needs to replace all the elastic which I had to I got it in B&Q can’t remember if they sell it by the foot or a meter … Elmo got a bit going spare tho.

A friend new to fishing bought a second hand bedchair and was complaining about had it sags and was giving him a bad back he was saving up for a new one. I had a look at it pulled the elastic then snipped off about a foot redone the knot resulting in a firmer bed and no more bad back for him.

I used garden wire the sort you use to tie back climbers but it wasn’t up to the job, then I got hold of a cheap nasty wire coat hanger sniped a piece off and used long nose pliers done the job perfectly lasted years

That’s very sad and I feel your grief. I was lucky to have had a springer Spaniel called Tina for 12 years over 30 yrs ago and still miss her.

Got some questions that’s troubling me about your pic Elmo… have you noticed that your net has been stolen from your handle and the cheeky sods have stuffed it in the mud… also have you upgraded your bait boat the white boat on the left of the pic is it me but it looks on the large size mate …just saying. It do look carpy tho

Best of luck Elmo, I must say I do envy you having a bivvy dog 👍

Elmo is still trying to get Betty out of the lake so he can cast 😂

How’s it going ? Hope it’s dry for you, been raining down my way most of the day.