❄️ Blogging in February 2025


🎣 Fishing a small pool and I got there in the end 

After last night’s game of football – my first this year – I certainly felt the effects of it when I woke this morning, which is good. 

A good philosophy in life is to keep pushing yourself and I would include angling in that. 

Which is why, regardless of the conditions, I’ve  been fishing every day of 2025 so far. 

It’s certainly been very challenging of late but, as I so often say, as long as your bait’s in the water you’ve always got a chance. 

Today’s session was on a small pool and I fished six feet of water, just beyond the sharp drop-off. 

Bait was two red maggots over brown crumb and maggots. 

The fishing? As the heading states and the video confirms, I got there in the end. 

📹 Watch the accompanying video

Tackle: Greys Prodigy TX 12’ rod. Shimano 3500M reel. Maxima Chameleon 4lb line. Drennan 1.2g float. Drennan Super Specialist size 14 hook.

Nature notes: Song thrush singing in a tree alongside the pool, which I captured for the video. Two others also in full song in the immediate area. Two ravens, heard but not seen. Two ring-necked parakeets. Grey wagtail