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Lake Bolsena 3rd - 9th September 2012
| Still Here But Not For Long Now!! |
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| Written by pam | |||||||||
| Wednesday, 09 December 2009 12:20 | |||||||||
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The weekend has slipped by and I have been spending my time wisely. January and February’s Carpworld has been written which means I now have some breathing space and more importantly allows me more time to get into the fishing in Italy, before I have to rush together a story that might have only just begun. I thank you all for your patience during the last few days and if truth be told the break has done me the world of good. When I started my trip I don’t think I ever imagined that I would fish non stop for five whole years without a single break; that would be impossible! If I did not write the blog and just wrote my stories then you would never know what I am up to in between my fishing sessions. The blog allows the reader to completely follow my fishing but you can also feel the frustration occasionally in my writing when things get stalled or I am unable to continue when certain things are out of my hands. The good news is the first package arrived today so that is one crossed off the list. My van has been washed and polished for the first time in a year and after having a good sort through my mountain of equipment, I have donated some old or unwanted kit to two guys who were fishing here last week.
Chewy and Carl work for the Army and represent Group Nine of the Army Anglers Federation. They organise fishing trips for young lads who want to learn how to fish. Apart from the obvious army work it is a very commendable service that they provide and they teach young novices to become rather competent carp anglers. Chewy and Carl plugged away last week but the fishing wasn’t really happening by all accounts. I think a good social time was had by both though and I personally thank you for your entertaining banter throughout the week and for giving my dogs the various treats they managed to snaffle from you. You make an amazing contribution to the sport of carp fishing and I am sure the children you teach in your spare time are extremely grateful too. The lake has a slightly different feel to it this week. The carp seem to be more active and have been showing quite frequently. Two lads, Marc and Nick, are fishing over in Co’s Point and Nick caught a stunning winter common this morning which weighed 40lb 14oz. I was asleep at the time in my bivvy which is still set up in the tree line swim. (I am not fishing incidentally and have not fished since Mr Paisley and Mr Briggs left ten days ago.
A great result and it is always nice to witness someone break their personal best. As the time was getting on I told them to place the carp in a recovery sling till the morning and I popped round at first light with my camera to do the honours. As I took the first picture of Nick holding Pimple Tail, an awesome coloured common, one of his other rods went into meltdown. It was great stuff and Nick was soon playing his second Gigantica carp whilst I placed the carp back into the water; her shots would have to wait a moment longer! The second carp was one of the small bionic scaley mirrors and it gave him a harder fight than its common cousin, weighing more than twice the size! I managed to get some nice action shots and once in the net we resumed to framing his personal best moment.
This brings me onto my week. As I have said before I will be in Italy soon, bear with me a while longer and the fishy fireworks can hopefully begin soon. I have to look at things from my point of view and going to a destination before I have the tools for the job would not be the best idea and if anything would delay me further once I arrive. I now have some picture captions to finish for my two-part story that i have just completed and then it is time to retire to my bivvy for a dvd before a good nights sleep. Cheers for now. Jake and the dogs.
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