I was that cold when I packed up I threw all my bait in to stop me being daft enough to go back on tomorrow. I don't think I've ever fished a water so exposed to the elements. It can get cold up there in summer but was fuckin' freezing yesterday!
Anybody ever told you you are a bloody nutter. That is not fishing weather!I've been out on Dowry reservoir near M62 Saddleworth junction today for a spot of pike fishing. When I got there a third of it was iced over. I lost 2 treble hook traces plumbing the depth and another near the side. Fortunately @Didsbury Dave turned up and kindly gave me a couple of rigs, thanks pal.
Only managed to put one rod out with a Joey mackerel on, was too cold to rig another rod up. Snow was coming down sideways and I managed till 3:30 before I packed up, and that's the third blank on the trot now!
I'm determined to catch a good pike this winter and by good I'll willingly accept a 10lb fish.
Haha. I used to work outside at height hanging of telecoms structures so cold weather doesn't bother me or it didn't. I think I'm going soft nowadays pal, either that or I've got the fishing bug back. And if I have I get the urge to go whenever I can, come wind rain or shine: )
That used to be me too. I remember vividly fishing for a Grayling on the Swale in a blizzard. I now have 4c minimum rule (As long as it is also dry and not blowing a bloody hooly ;-) ). Tbf fly fishing ain’t fun when your fingers can’t feel the line they are supposed to be figure of eighting back. Casting ain’t easy either when your rod rings are frozen up. I think I read somewhere that at a certain temperature fish go torpid and won’t feed.
I started watching this yesterday after your recommendation, really good , I'm upto episode 4 and will continue after the game and the darts.
I absolutely loved it, there's another one, that someone said was better, but i can't think what it is, bernard cribbings makes it for me, his commentary is really "old fashioned " he's not bothered about weights, just the beauty of the fish and surrounding nature, similar to my outlook
I agree on the weights issue. I chase figures / outputs every day at work , I cant be bothered doing the same when I'm fishing. And that's the reason I'll never own a set of scales .
