Appreciating the finer details
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 from work, I decided to call in at lunchtime to show my Dad exactly where I had been catching these fish from, and just why I always sounded so pleased with myself. Whilst I was there, it seemed foolish not to top up the spot with a little more bait, and 100 boilies were put out in the throwing stick (which i’ve yet to master, but the results are improving…).
Arriving that evening to fish, I quickly had the rods out on their spots and before the third lead had even touched down I was getting attention from the bream on the other rods. I eventually got all three settled and pondered what to do about bait. I had some hemp and pellet ready to spod out, but if fish were already in the swim was it worth it? I mulled it over for a while and decided to go for it, since I didn’t want to be ‘cleaned out’ by the time the carp arrived later on. 15 spods of pellet and hemp later and then each rod recast with a small PVA bag of the same, and I was confident of another bite.





