roll on the weekend and back to the rivers

[mithrandir]

Well after 3 months waiting finally the season restarts this Saturday.

I think it is time to go out and start hunting those missing species for the species hunt.

I hope to hit my local stretch of the hampshire avon and see if I can pop a grayling and a brown trout in the net this Saturday morning. I think an early start and a few maggots and that should see me happy.

Sunday I might sneak off at the crack of dawn to a free stretch of the Stour I know and see if the bleak and minnows I caught last year have got any bigger.

So here is hoping, I will post a report, success or failure, when I return.

Will be fun out on a light rod and line and some tiny hooks and see what is up for some old fashioned maggot and feeder or waggler

So anyone else out on the hunt?

Mike

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Must admit it will be great to get the old quiver rods out and hit the severn and see if I can get a barble or good chub

[devondave]

im going carping for 24 hours at a local lake must remember to take a proper camera rather than my phone this time

[fishypaul]

best of luck all of you

[pingu]

hoping for a session on the culm with phill next week
hunting chub expecting minnows and gudgeon

[maghouse]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Well after 3 months waiting finally the season restarts this Saturday.

Dont know how you dark side fisherpeople do it - 3 months & no fishing

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Its the most expensive 3 months of the year as you cannot fish you buy tackle you did not need

[Greenheart]

Good luck Mike. I wish Icould join you. It looks as though I won't be able to get out for a few weeks as i've got a kitchen to totally gut & refit...

[biggun]

Originally Posted by maghouse

Dont know how you dark side fisherpeople do it - 3 months & no fishing

It's only the rivers and a few select waters. Most of the waters round here are open all year!

[mithrandir]

I have been on stillwaters and canals during the closed season, but it is the lure of a flowing river that I miss.

I think you have to work harder on a river which makes the fishing far more enjoyable.

The sounds and sights on a river I think add to the atmosphere to and make a complete experience. It is just not the same camped out around a pond surrounded by 20 other anglers in camo gear all trying there best to catch the biggest fish that they know is in there, waiting for their buzzers to sound whilst they brew up, competing to cast the furthest with their latest matching set of super-dooper tackle, trying to out do the other anglers. It is the sport I go for , not the kudos.

I prefer the hunting and stalking that a river gives you, the chance that a fish of a lifetime is in that area and fate may just let you be the one to lure it onto your bait.

A couple of hours of early morning dipping on a river whilst the world sleeps has got to be better than anything to lose the stress of any week pressed against the grindstone of work.

Thank goodness for the summer mornings and secluded rivers.