The Fishing Coach

On Sunday I was back at Twynersh in the same swim that produced such good results on Friday. This time I was teaching a father and two sons. Their mum made the booking with me last week, although she didn’t fish. Steve, their dad, has not fished much since he was a boy and was delighted to be the first to catch a fish.

The boys, Jack and Alex, soon started catching fish just under the surface on a small pole float on a five metre whip and an element of competition became evident.

By the end of the day Twynersh had produced another bag of one hundred fish.

It is such a good idea for a father to accompany his sons on one of my fishing lessons as he will have to go with them for at least a few years. It is even better when mum comes too. I am really looking forward to my next lesson with this family.

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On Friday I took a young lad from a school in Slough for a full day’s coaching to Twynersh and he had the best day’s fishing of his life.

I picked up Paul from his home early in the morning and we were fishing on lake two at Twynersh by twenty past seven in the morning. He is a very keen fisherman so I started him off with a pole at eight metres. He coped very well with this new experience and caught a few fish but the small fish were soon feeding near the surface so we switched to a rod and reel with a waggler.

I have rarely had a student so young who learned so quickly, he even learned to “feather” the line as it left the spool on casting using his index finger. I have had trouble teaching experienced anglers to do this.

I really enjoyed the day with this lad it was a pleasure to coach such an enthusiastic student. He caught fish all day and ended with over a hundred roach, perch and rudd. We finished a little early due to the high temperature (30 degrees) but Paul’s enthusiasm was undiminished by the heat and I’m looking forward to our next day’s outing.

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