ā½ļø Dal dy dir, Y Rhyl āļø The weather š£ Small pool fishing and the importance of tinkering
Iāve been following the fortunes of Rhyl 1879 this season, as they look to get out of the third-tier of Welsh football.
Although not in action this weekend, their closest rivals, Porthmadog, were and they were surprisingly beaten 3-0 on the road at Corwen.
A great weekend, without even kicking a ball.
With just four games to go, the Lilywhites have an eight-points lead at the top of the Ardal North West.
Daly dy dir, Y Rhyl, Dal dy dir. Stand your ground, Rhyl, stand your ground.
What a difference a day makes, runs the opening line – as well as the title – of a well-known song that was first released in 1934.
Itās also an apt nutshell description of the British weather.
Yesterdayās glorious day – and great conditions for doing laundry, so my wife told me – has been replaced by āwetā and āovercastā.
No wonder the British people talk about the weather so much.
In fact, for anyone who is outside of the UK reading this, we even have a saying that someone āchanges like the weatherā, indicating that they are unstable and liable to extreme fluctuations in the space of a very short period of time.
However, regardless of the conditions, the angling show – as it has done every day of the year so far – continues to roll on.
With my small pool fishing very slow at present, although Iām enjoying it, of course, nevertheless I do see it as a challenge as well.
With lots of roach and perch on the bank in a three-hour session though, it was definitely an improvement on my last outing.
It was the tinkering that did it with the perch though and thereās more on that in the video.
I fished a single red/white maggot over loose maggots, one-rod length from the bank in five-feet of water.
Tackle: Greys Prodigy TX 12ā rod. Shimano 3500M reel. Maxima Chameleon 4lb line. Waggler float 1g. Drennan Super Specialist size 16 hook.
Nature notes: Pair of stock doves mating. Vocal muntjac in immediate area (not seen).