A tale of Three Blanks
Entry posted by Bayleaf the Gardener in Willows
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For those who don't have a Newbury AA ticket, Willows is a small, shallow lake without enough vegetation but with a central island that the carp, typically 6-12lbs like to swim around. It has also recently stocked been stocked up with bream and also tench of around 6lbs. Totting up, I've had around 260 commons and 150 mirrors since joining the club in 2021 with the odd decent crucian between them. You can see that it's what they call I a 'runs water' (I'd not heard of this phrase until recently) which means that you cant really go wrong.
But I can.
Yesterday I completed a hat trick of blanks. OK, I lost a couple on the way, but this is an epic failures as even one blank is unlikely. Can I blame the hot weather or the fish feeding on the large number of fry? Why not. More this while I've tried method feeder, PVA bags, pole and float, the carp at least, have been on the surface, and call it one of my blind spots, but I'm not really in to surface fishing. For one I hate the thought of hooking a bird, but to me the joyous mystery of fishing is catching what you cannot see, and plucking them off the top - and it's my loss - just isn't me.
I'll get there in my own way.
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