3 favourite waters

[chesters1]

being from across the water phone if you said you had caught a 3lb perch ,then i`d believe you sure it wasn`t 13lb

[Nightwing]

And I'll add a fourth. Buckhorn Creek(sounds like something right out of Tom Sawyer, eh!)

The tiny trout stream that ran through the wood begind my boyhood home. Lots of smallish brook, brown, rainbow trout, as well as all manner of shiners(don't know if you have anything similar), chubs(just like yours, only much smaller), skulpin, suckers(barbell without the barbell), and other small fish. Also full of frogs, turtles, snakes, crayfish, bugs, and everything else that makes life worth living to a boy.

[chesters1]

so you could catch marballs ,reel liqorice root and those squirrel nuts (chocolate with very hard toffee inside) cool ,what bait did you use

[OP-JB]

Three favourite waters? Good question.

 

#1 Cassein. The most perfect carp lake in the world. Electric.

 

#2 Marbury Mere. Still get excited on the final leg of the journey. I have always needed divine intervetion for my carp.

 

#3 The Lagoon. Fish painted by faberge and selected by Mr Leaney. Shame about the Loonies.

 

Op -JB

[Stewart Moss]

My favourite three:-

 

1. River Windrush

Esp around Witney, where I learned to fish. A wonderful river, with so many species, many up to specimen size.

 

2. River Evenlode

Esp around Charlbury. I like to think of the Evenlode as a sister to the Windrush, but not quite as fair!

 

3. Norfolk Broads

When quiet! Reed fringed tranquility & big Pike!

[Julian]

1 ) Capesthorne Top Pool (Cheshire).

Without doubt one of the best waters I’ve ever fished. A beautiful old estate lake of around 6 acres with more features than you can shake a stick at. It gets completely choked with weed and pads during the summer, so it can be a bit daunting at times. The upside is that because it can be quite tough, not many bother with it, so in most cases you are the only one on the lake.

 

The carp are very clued up, and don’t come out that often, but it makes it all worthwhile when they do grace the bank, as there’s only one or two fish below 20lb, some cracking bream and tench too..!!

 

2) Birch Grove (Shropshire).

We have a weeks ‘holiday’ on Birch each year in August, a fantastic water (managed by Tim Paisley) with shed loads of big carp! – personal bests are always a distinct possibility on birch, as it’s rammed with 20’s & 30’s (not an ‘easy’ water though).

 

The 4-acre water lies deep in the countryside in extremely picturesque surroundings, the water is fished from four swims on one side and the rest is completely covered by overhanging shrubs and trees.

 

Birch is as much about ‘the crack’ as the fishing, as it’s our annual get-away; the other major plus is the Admiral Duncan (pub) in the village, a top pint and a great duke box!

 

3) Blackwood Pool (Staffordshire).

A cracking little club water, which I’ve been involved with for around 10 years. It’s only an acre or so in size, but it’s as much about what we’ve achieved with the place since we took it on.

 

It was an old trout fishery originally, which had burst it’s banks and been abandoned. Over the last 10 years we’ve turned it from a barren piece of wasteland into a haven for wildlife after extensive landscaping, planting, and a lot of hard work!

 

I still get a buzz every time I pull onto the car park – If I had to choose a water to have my ashes scattered on, this would be it..!!

 

Julian