Anyone who read my series of blogs from the summer of 2008 might be interested to see the photos below. One of the bittersweet things about fishing in France is that once in a while you’ll turn up to a lake you love only to find it completely empty!
The French authorities like to keep […]
Following three blanks, I was determined to reverse my fortunes and get back to catching and getting regular runs. Much of my recent baiting had been with boilies, partly due to the convenience of always having them in the car, and partly because I wanted to avoid a lot of the smaller species in the […]
Over the last 10 days fishing at the barrage I have more blank sessions than ones with fish. Indeed, my last 3 evenings there have been devoid of any carpy action at all. However, before I get ahead of myself, there are two more fish to report. Following a trip to bait the spot with […]
High pressure, to be exact. Summer has well and truly landed in this part of the Dordogne, and whilst it great to have clear, hot sunny days, it’s not helping the fishing. However, that’s not to say it’s been a totally barren week.
After two fish in two sessions, I was understandably keen to get back out on the bank as soon as possible. The hectic social schedule of an eligible young man in the rural Dordogne meant I had to wait fully 24 hours until a window opened up.
Passing the lake on the way to and […]
It was fully 16 days after my first capture from the barrage, before i could wet a line there again. The absence was enforced by the broken down car, followed by a week away for my birthday. However, I still found time to visit the lake and out a bit of bait into the spot […]
The end of that first session gave me a taste of what was to come over the following weeks, when just before packing up, the swinger on my right rod dropped sharply. It was only once the rod was in my hand with the familiar ‘nodding’ of bream on the other end, that I […]
After the previous session on this monstrous lake had left me feeling a little battered, I’m not ashamed it took me a while to work up towards fishing it again. When the chance for some easier fishing on Rouge came along the following week, I snatched it and temporarily let myself forget about the barrage […]
For the last couple of months I’ve been searching for a regular venue to fish. Now that the season has started on our Etangs Des Papillon complex I’m in need of something local to get my regular fix of bank-time. As you can read on this blog, I’ve started taking weekends away to get into […]
