First Twenty!

[DavyR]

 

Had the day off yesterday, and decided to spend it down the end of my road at the commercial that I've been neglecting all summer. I was the only angler on the specimen pool all day, and was having fun with small commons and golden orfe of 3-4lb, before something rather bigger latched on to my hair-rigged 14mm halibut pellet - which turned out to be this 22lb mirror, almost exactly doubling my previous best!

 

I don't really consider myself a carp angler, not being into bivvying or multiple rod set-ups etc, but it was nice to get something this chunky on the bank for once.

 

Thanks to Diane (the missus) for responding so promptly to my phone call and peddling down on her bike to take the photo (can't complain, even though I hadn't realised that the tail of the fish was being obscured by the landing net).

[medwaygreen]

Congratulations DavyR,

 

A great looking fish and may i say an even better looking fishery,i would love to give that a try.

 

Edited September 26, 2006 by medwaygreen

[gozzer]

 

Had the day off yesterday, and decided to spend it down the end of my road at the commercial that I've been neglecting all summer. I was the only angler on the specimen pool all day, and was having fun with small commons and golden orfe of 3-4lb, before something rather bigger latched on to my hair-rigged 14mm halibut pellet - which turned out to be this 22lb mirror, almost exactly doubling my previous best!

 

I don't really consider myself a carp angler, not being into bivvying or multiple rod set-ups etc, but it was nice to get something this chunky on the bank for once.

 

Thanks to Diane (the missus) for responding so promptly to my phone call and peddling down on her bike to take the photo (can't complain, even though I hadn't realised that the tail of the fish was being obscured by the landing net).

 

Nice one Davy , just shows you don't always have to camp out to get a biggy

 

You'll have to name it now, how about 'Arfur', 'cos in the photo you can only see......arfur fish

[Steve Burke]

Congratulations, Dave, a cracking catch!

 

Gozzer - I like it!

[iamlucky18]

Congratulations DayR. I just hope I catch a big un soon too.

[Tony U]

Well done Davy; nice looking venue for a commercial and a nice looking fish.

 

 

Tony

[Guest Brumagem Phil]

Lovely fish dave, well done!

 

Have to say thats a very serene and picturesque fishery.......what a place to chill out!

[BoozleBear]

Lovely fish dave, well done!

 

Have to say thats a very serene and picturesque fishery.......what a place to chill out!

 

Well done Davy. Still after my first 20. A lovely looking fish.

[DavyR]

Thanks for the kind words, chaps - as one or two have commented, Home Farm is a very attractive-looking fishery, thanks largely to the efforts of the full time manager. You never see any litter there and the fish look well cared for and healthy.

 

It fishes (and looks) more like an old-fashioned estate lake than a commercial, which means it can be quite "moody" and unpredictable at times. It started life as a fish farm about 20 years ago, so it occasionally throws up some exotics like sterlets.

 

I'm very lucky to have it 10 minutes walk away - I'll probably be putting in for a season ticket when I'm too gaga for driving.

[DavyR]

P.S. Thanks to Gozzer, it is now officially known as Arfur. :-)