🌅 A sunset nature walk in Cotwall End Valley 🎣 A very autumnal morning and a summer species on the bank 🪴 Enjoying the fruits of my labour
🌅 A great way to end the day
Arriving home from my fishing session, there was a beautiful sunset visible from the drive, as I parked the car.
I got my binoculars, put the dog on his lead, slipped into my walking boots and headed for the golf course.
I’ll let the video do the rest of the talking.
A beautiful nature walk in Cotwall End Valley
🎣 A great way to start the day
Inspired – in the context of being challenged – by yesterday’s fish-less session, I was back on the pool first thing this morning.
I had a small – but very active – pike in the swim from the off.
Naturally, when that happens, it disrupts the fishing.
Although I wasn’t after small roach and perch, nevertheless when there is a predator actively pursuing them, then obviously it does have a massive effect upon the session.
I said, quite prophetically, in the video, that maybe my best chance might be a tench or a bream.
As it happened, I caught the former.
It was right at the end of the session as well, which is a great reminder that, as long as your bait’s in the water, then you’ve always got a chance.
Tackle, bait and tactics
Greys Prodigy TX 12’ rod. Shimano 3500M reel. Maxima Chameleon 4lb line.
Drennan 1.2g waggler. Drennan Super Specialist size 10 hook.
A sharp drop-off from the margins, so fishing in six-feet of water, just off the rod tip.
I presented a single prawn and, due to the depth of water, I created a firm groundbait mix which contained loose maggots and prawns.
Nature notes while fishing
kingfisher flew from an overhanging branch in my swim as I approached it.
Two grey wagtails.
Two very vocal ring-necked parakeets overhead in flight.
Footage from the kitchen and the water’s edge
🪴Enjoying the garden
I spend a lot of time in the garden, mostly what I would call ‘pottering around’.
Not that I don’t enjoy that, of course, because I do very much indeed.
We’ve got the gardens – both front and back – pretty much how we want them, therefore there’s no major work to be done on either.
Usually it’s a case of tidying up, weeding or maybe a small project here and there.
Today though, I enjoyed the garden in a different way.
Taking advantage of the warm and dry day, I sat with my wife on the patio and relaxed.
It was most definitely as you could say, a case of enjoying the fruits of our labour.