UKCF Anglers.

[Simon Bolivar]

Wow, that cat would eat my best pike this season as a snack before it's main course of 10lb+carp! Good luck & enjoy the rest of your fishy hols.

[Simon Bolivar]

I always go fishing Boxing Day, 2yrs ago catching a 20lb 1oz beast from the Avon.
Last yr on the rig, this year & retired, I fully expected to be out there today. However, mother asked that we stay overnight so she wouldn't be alone.

Just got home in time for lunch & my fishing buddy sent me this pic, a 20lb'er that he caught this morning. Of course if h ad been with him as initially planned, he'd still probably been the one to catch it but at least I could have witnessed it & taken a decentbpic!

Oh well, at least it's another know 20, gives me confidence I still might get one this season, so far still struggling to get my first dble.

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[Simon Bolivar]

Finally, finally I had a red letter day o n the riverbank. My session session since my Op & recent back pain.

Had to visit the tackle shop first to get a new seasonal ticket for Ringwood A.C. now I am a Senior, had to provide proof I had received the State pension & pay £40 joining fee, even though I a member but had 3wks between my ticket expiring & being eligible for the seniors. Bug*ers would budge, even though tge rules state you can join within 4wks of expiring & not paying joining fees.

Anyway, headed straight for the Old Weir, hoping to be the first & get the best swim. Well getting the ticket delayed my arrival, having to wait for the shop to open. I was the forth vehicle to arrive, 2 guys jumped in my intended swim, 2 mins before I dragged all my kit there. I took the second best swim, which is next door, with the intention if they moved on.

I pulled out the net that my mate Steve, had left previous evening with a dozen LB. 09:00, I caught the first fish of the day, a 10lber on a Rudd DB, my first on DB from the weir, where they massively prefer lives.

Second fish was mine too, a 6lb jack on Roach LB.

Steve arrived around 11:00 & set up in the corner swim.

Those in the No1 swim did indeed have the biggest fish of the day, a 21lb 13oz on Roach LB. He had waited until '96 to catch his first twenty so I could hardly begrudge him, what would have been my 4th.

I celebrated my brace with a Monte Open Master, my first Open. One of the cigars I was given at the Partagas Festival. Matched with a 0% lager. Not bad at all.

13:30 I hooked into a lump, felt good, netted on the second attempt, went 16lb 02, my best since a twenty Boxing Dsy 2023.

We stayed until until dark but despite plenty of crashing & fry jumping, we didn't catch any more.

Will celebrate more tomorrow!




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