On Friday I had my second day of coaching with young Paul from Slough and I took him to the private venue in Surrey that is managed by an ex police colleague of mine. After his sucess at Twynersh and his reluctance to keep the rod high enough whilst playing a fish I thought he needed to catch some fish that would pull back.
His previous biggest fish had been a rudd about three ounces and he managed his first bigger fish, a three pound male tench, very well. The smile says how pleased he was, my smile was even bigger!
We then saw some carp moving on the surface and I started firing some dog mixer biscuits out with a catapult. He was fascinated when they started taking the biscuits from the top and was very excited when I suggested he might like to try and catch one. The resulting fish weighed seven pounds.
He lost another fish that got into the lilly pads despite his best efforts to stop it. He was not disheartened and soon caught another tench, this time on the float.
He also witnessed Jeremy, another angler, catch a 15lb 4oz common carp, a beautiful fish.
This lad is a very enthusiastic student and is well on his way to becoming a fine angler.
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