On Friday I took Paul from Slough back to Twynersh and we fished lake one in the hope of some of the larger carp for which this lake is famous. I wanted him to practice his fish playing skills further but I was told by Paul the fisheries manager that the carp had not been feeding for the last couple of days probably due to late spawning.
Paul started fishing with maggots and was plagued by small fish but a switch to paste produced a bite from a large tench which eventually broke his hook length. His second bite produced this fine male tench which he played well, once he had got the feel of the tackle again.
Switching between pellet near the surface and paste on the bottom he caught fish all day including thirty or so roach, which must have averaged nearly a pound each.
His biggest roach weighed one pound six ounces, a good sized specimen for one so young. I don’t like to think how old I was before I broke the one pound barrier with roach.
He is doing very well in these courses and I am looking forward to next week.
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