| #1  11-10-2008, 04:44 AM | ||||
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 River Brue, the report... Well the River Brue did'nt happen. After spending Saturday evening at Fullcreels (Matts) house sampleing his supurb Chilli Sausages, trying to light fireworks in the pouring rain & in my case drinking far too much Scrumpy, it was decided that the river would probably be out of sorts. We opted for plan B & decided to fish Berkley lake near Frome instead. Matt had to drop out due to an infected finger, so it was down to Bananna Steve & I to brave the elements... Steve arrived about 9am & I got there about half an hour later. Initially conditions were not too bad. I set up a couple of Carp rods & then discovered that i'd left my Fox Micron bite alarms at home.  Fortunately I had a couple of cheap spare ones in my bag. Steve set up one Carp rod & then set up a bargain float rod that he had bought on Ebay, only to discover that there was a split in the rod tip.Fishing wise there was not much to report. The fishing was very slow. We just managed a couple of small hard fighting wild carp each. Matt came & paid us a visit around lunchtime, but soon did the sensible thing & retreated to the comfort of his home. As the day progressed, the wind turned into a howling gale & the rain got heavier. We eventually decided to pack up after my brolly which was secured with three guy ropes got turned inside-out by the wind & my chair got blown down the bank.  All this occured whilst I was trying to play my best Carp of the day...  By 4pm I was back home in front of the TV with a nice glass of Hobgoblin ale...  __________________ Don't Judge My Path If You Haven't Walked My Journey...     |
| #2 11-10-2008, 08:32 AM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... Respect to both of you for sticking it out in such horrid condition and for managing a few slaps. Ian....Guess you didn't get a ruffe then   Errgh I think I'd better run __________________ There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." - Washington Irving |
| #3 11-10-2008, 09:08 AM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... I looked at the Frome on way to get finger looked at, it was up and very coloured, so you made a wise choice to fish Berkley. Steve has a nice wildie whilst I was down. Weather was foul, and those that fished in it deserve medals. Think I'll have a Dragon Banger or two for luch |
| #4 11-10-2008, 01:20 PM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... well done for sticking at it it was a hint brisk yesterday  dave __________________ www.exmouthsaa.co.uk 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day simples You won't know unless you go :D...and if you do go!! please let us know :D as thats how the forum thrives |
| #5 11-10-2008, 03:54 PM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... well done guys for sticking at it. A wise choice i think looking at the river frome and Avon today plenty of water. sorry i couldn't make it maybe next time |
| #6 11-10-2008, 04:26 PM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... Can't fault the effort  __________________ Dan `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ Big or small, look after them all! ¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> |
| #7 11-10-2008, 05:30 PM | ||||
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| Re: River Brue, the report... very well done guys,i experienced similar conditions on saturday, wasn't much fun was it ? |
