Bayleaf the Gardener
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Wow! 100 carp! I wonder why it is so underfished. Peter, I'm the editor of the NAA's new quarterly newsletter (available at Thatcham Angling and on the website (see www.newburyaa.org.uk/images/Newsletter/NAA_Winter_newsletter.pdf).
I wonder if you'd feel able to write a piece about your experiences at Dixons for the next issue? Maybe how long you've fished it, what works for you and what doesn't, best fish, effects of the water colour etc etc. It doesn't have to be Shakespeare, or even Isaac Walton, but so little is available to new members is so limited about the venue I'm sure it would be really appreciated. Please let me know. I'm on the NAA Forum as Bayleaf if you'd prefer to talk 'off-line'. Cheers, Peter.
Martin
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Worm sandwiches? What fish could resist?
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Great! I look forward to it. What's in there, could I ask?
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Wow! Amazing day. A dozen brownies - superb!
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Fab! Yes please. Friday 1st of July. I've warned all my friends and families not to have birthdays. Thanks Chris.
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Well done to everyone, and for a truly great cause. Count me in for next year; I've never caught a salmon.
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Where's your spirit of adventure?! It's fishing or micro lighting ...
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Subdued a bream? words rarely heard together. Hmm, that's a thought about the tree-skittles at Speen. Think I'll stick to Willows, lash my brolly (and myself) to the otter fencing and huddle underneath. Who knows: low air pressure might bring the carp out and certainly add yardage to my casting. The things we have to do for our art, eh?
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What a fun day. I thought you were pulling my plummet when you were telling me about the bream the other week! Only one bleak though? Hopefully the recent rain might jazz the river up a bit. I'm due to fish Speen on Friday, but hear we have a storm coming in. Could be a challenge.
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Hi, JC - Yes, it was mean and lean. I was fishing in about 4 foot of water and reckoned I set it to hang about a foot off the bottom. I also put a cork ball on the trace to help the dead bait buoyant. The first ball was too big, and had it floating up close to the surface, so I cut half if it off just to make it suspend. Not sure if this was an officially recognised tactic, but I didn't see another cray, and this pike, for one, didn't seem bothered by it. Good luck - let us know if it works for you. Martin
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Woo hoo! Well batted!
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Hmm, it only looked 4-9 to me in the net.
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Well done , Chris, for pulling the iron from the fire (perch from the ice?) after a tricky day. I had an even more paltry session on the Moors the day before, mind you, it was minus-4 as I arrived, so may have been better off practising my triple-Lutz's on what was then thick ice on the canal.
I always expect to struggle, but it's a worry for the river when masters like you have a sub-parr(!) day.
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Almost certainly - but I wont have word said against your friend and mine, the gudgeon
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Aye - well done - Red corn can be a brilliant bait for chub at this time of year - the trout are spawning and I reckon the chub mistake the red corn for trout eggs which they must see quite a bit of in the winter...
That must render your favourite fish, the brownie, cannibals? I refuse to be drawn into suggesting that it's dogfish eat dogfish in the piscatorial world, as it's your birthday week and that would be unfair. Trust you had a good few days, even if your football team didn't offer you much cheer.
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My congrats, too, particularly for the chub, but also for the perch on lure a couple of days ago despite the cold weather.
And I'm enjoying your 'preposterous' book!
Aw, FT! I'm very touched. Thank you so much for getting the book. No fishing references in it whatsoever, I'm pleased to say. i hope you continue to enjoy it
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Aw, thanks Peter. It was a fun day, as ever. I felt sorry for the fish; they were like ice blocks
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I like your style - sneaky! I'd heard that you rubber-wearers get all of the fun.
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You called it: I've already touched base with the Newbury Field Club, West Berks Heritage Forum and Angling Heritage, all of who have been incredibly willing to help, and I have been bothering the good folk of the West Berks Museum and Newbury library. I'm also a Friend of the Newtown Road Cemetery and have helped out a tiny bit with their own inscription cataloguing.
I hadn't thought of the Thatcham Historical Society, but as much of the NAA water is on their patch, I will certainly drop them a line - thank you!
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Nice haul, Chris. I feel sorry for the grayling, as it seems heavily pressured. They must all have been caught hundreds of times, so must find those maggots irresistible (well, yours, anyway!)
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Hi FT
Thank you for your considered reply. The NAA membership currently stands at about 750, so that's a much lower hit-rate.
It would purely be a labour of love than a money-shaking exercise. I have self-published a book before, (Preposterous Tales From the Newbury Short Story Teller is still available on Amazon!), and appreciate it's a load of work for scant return. But self-publishing costs nothing financially; Amazon print each copy on demand, and take a cut of whatever the author sets the sale price at, so it doesn't 'matter' of it sells one copy or a million. Thus there is no financial risk.
I think there might be a slightly larger audience, as it will tie in much local and social history, such as the pubs and hotels mentioned for meetings that have gone or been renamed, and the stories of some of the local dignitaries that were on the early committee, the graves of some are still in Newtown Road Cemetery. There are more examples. but I won't pull all of the goodies out of the bag yet!
It's a good call to look at other club histories - thank you - I shall certainly add this to my to-do list. It will be a long-term process, I may even have caught a 2lb chub by the time I finish it - who knows, but one I'm looking forward to.
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..and your bleak! Thanks for your support, Peter.
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Yes, I think it was it's enormous size that had me confuddled. No excuses though: it's a bleak. Doh.
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You're right! A bleak - how appropriate. The others were dace, I promise.
12 March
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Ah, that sounded a fun session. But more importantly, how did Mrs P's hair-do go?