On Wednesday I had been booked by Andrew who had some experience of sea angling as a teenager but had no experience at all of freshwater angling. He told me that he would like some tuition on coarse angling as he would like to take up the pastime.
We met at Twynesh at 7 a.m. and the first thing I did was set up a large umbrella. This proved a very wise decision as shortly after we had torrential rain during a thunderstorm of biblical proportions. Because of the weather conditions it was necessary to keep the fishing as simple as possible. The last thing you want to do in a fierce electrical storm is to wave fifteen feet of carbon fibre (which conducts electricity very nicely) above your head on a regular basis. Close range float fishing was the method we chose and the bait was the new hooker and feed pellets from Sonu Baits called Skinz.
As can be seen from the photos above, the carp did not seem too bothered by the weather and both fish fed right under the rod tip and nearly doubled his previous biggest fish. His sea fishing experience stood him in good stead as he quickly learned the technique of playing fish (on the job, in fact) and his expression shows his pride in his achievement.
He caught five fish in all, four of them (the biggest four) on the float using a hook length of slightly less than six pounds breaking strain.
Hopefully we have a new convert to coarse fishing and he will continue to broaden his experience. I already have him in mind for the pike handling courses I will be starting soon.
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