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What did you do on Friday 29th April 2011 ? Royal Wedding D-Day
We here at Fishing Fools took the very hard
decision to brave the elements and set out on a fishing trip for the day. The venue of choice was a 10 Acre lake with access for Members of the Ringwood District Angling association just outside Ringwood. This lake is a Fishing Fools favourite, as it's of the beaten track, and offers a nice relaxed days course fishing...on arrival, it was apparent that many other brave soles had decided to venture to the lake, with their being only a few swims left and standing room only ! We ended up with a small swim located round by some tents ! it seems the farmer who own's the field also let some "party" goers setup for the celebration. Not to be out done, we setup the Korum day shelter, and popped a union jack on top to celebrate the occasion.
Its been a rather odd summer of fishing this year and we at fishing fools haven't really had the time to get out and fish. There have been a number of trips but one outing does spring to mind.
After receiving a gift of a wooden fly box I though it was time for me to pop over to the lovely Moorhen trout fishery to see if I could finally catch one.
It was a rather cold over cast day and I was really up for the days fishing. After having a cup tea and paying the fee for rod hire I walking over to the lake and scanned the water for movement, it was a rather busy day on the lake so I opted for quiet area of the lake. After a while of casting I started to get into a routine. I changed flies a couple of times and eventually I could see the fish moving around.
Well what can we say - All the fishing hopes of catching new record fish in 2010 all goes to pot given the current state of weather in Hampshire currently. We seem to be struck by some freakish Snow storms that are severe enough to keep Fishing Fools indoors. On our travels we spotted an eager fisherman who didn't heed the weather warnings, and seems to have turned out worse for wear following a Night Fishing session
Hopefully a good cuppa tea should thor him out ... Anyway, according to the weather forecast this Snow might be with us through the weekend, so there will be challenging times ahead on the rivers.
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After a safety briefing, it was down to the nitty gritty of learning to fish with a fly rod ! We had a superb instructor who was keen to show the basics, so you could get on the water fishing with little delay. Surprisingly I was able to cope with the casting and keeping the fly line in the air easier than I was anticipating - there was certainly no hideous knot balls of line flying around... The hardest part I found of fly fishing was the discipline needed in holding and casting the line - It was a completely different mind set and style to coarse fishing, and took some time to get use to - you basically had to hold and work the rod vertically between 12 o'clock and 10 o'clock, moving it in synchronization to the line flailing above your head 