Life at the Bottom
By Paul Law (Justin Case)
So the time has finally come all my kit is in place the bits that are missing can wait for now, and are not that important,
Its been nearly 9 years since I last fished any UK water other than grabbing a rod from a freind whilst watching him pleasure fishing,
Im kinda nervous right now things have changed, its a whole new chapter and a whole new learning curve for me, many questions had to be asked and lots were answered, would it be shot or styles then Im told about stotz, why do people usie catapult elastic in their poles, and hair rigs in matches, "no way your kidding me", what happened to Fly floats, where did future and Image go, whats a power top, and how do I get these pro wheels on my Milo Box?.
so much has changed in 9 years its unreal, you realy need to be out of the game that long to aprechiate the differences,
All my tackle is brand new with the exception of some old pole floats I managed to salvage from my old rig making box, Im going to look like a mobile tackle shop.
wheels fit on Im going to drag the box around the lake if I have to.
To kick off I'am going to base my fishing around a half a dozen Venues, try to master this new style of fishing with supermarket baits.
The First Venue I have chosen is Lake John http://www.lakejohnfishery.co.uk/ not a large complex maybe 60 pegs spread across two lakes but tidy, nice surroundings and very local Its stuffed to the brim with silvers and its bites im going to be looking for to get back into the swing of things,
The second is Colemans Fishery Essex
4 very interesting looking lakes all with individual features.
TBC.....
By Paul Law (Justin Case)
So the time has finally come all my kit is in place the bits that are missing can wait for now, and are not that important,
Its been nearly 9 years since I last fished any UK water other than grabbing a rod from a freind whilst watching him pleasure fishing,
Im kinda nervous right now things have changed, its a whole new chapter and a whole new learning curve for me, many questions had to be asked and lots were answered, would it be shot or styles then Im told about stotz, why do people usie catapult elastic in their poles, and hair rigs in matches, "no way your kidding me", what happened to Fly floats, where did future and Image go, whats a power top, and how do I get these pro wheels on my Milo Box?.
so much has changed in 9 years its unreal, you realy need to be out of the game that long to aprechiate the differences,
All my tackle is brand new with the exception of some old pole floats I managed to salvage from my old rig making box, Im going to look like a mobile tackle shop.
wheels fit on Im going to drag the box around the lake if I have to.
To kick off I'am going to base my fishing around a half a dozen Venues, try to master this new style of fishing with supermarket baits.
The First Venue I have chosen is Lake John http://www.lakejohnfishery.co.uk/ not a large complex maybe 60 pegs spread across two lakes but tidy, nice surroundings and very local Its stuffed to the brim with silvers and its bites im going to be looking for to get back into the swing of things,
The second is Colemans Fishery Essex
4 very interesting looking lakes all with individual features.
TBC.....
Mequenenza summer 2007
Posted 5th February 2008 at 11:10 PM by justin case
Updated 5th April 2008 at 01:22 AM by justin case
Updated 5th April 2008 at 01:22 AM by justin case
Last year I had 3 weeks driving around France and Spain, After a reasonable drive through France and an overnight stop at Perpignon, we cut back across, and up over the mountains, we stopped off for a couple of nights in Andorra, Andorra is a wonderfull place , its absolutly stunning and tax free, they even have a fishing lake up there, at around 5k feet above sea level,
I had planned a 3 day drop off at Mequenenza I had heard so much about the fishing on the Ebro I thought I would give it a shot. I told the Mrs there was great shopping and all that
well there was only a bakers a supermarket, 4 or 5 bars and a couple of eating houses,
After Andorra we set off down the other side of the mountains, 4 or 5 hours later we arrived at a sleepy Town set alongside this huge powerfull river, Mequenenza is like one of those towns you see in the westerns very Dry and dusty with a few of those bushes blowing around in the light breeze from the river.
I found a company and booked 3 days on the cats with a guide. they sorted the license's all the tackle bait, absolutly everything, all I had to do ws round up some cold beers, and charge the batteries for the cameras
These 3 days bought back some great memories and gave me the bug to get back into fishing.
This one was a tad over 136 pound caught on a string of 12, 28mm Halibut pellets
This one was 2 pound under 150 and was 2.19 metres long caught on the same bait first cast, Its kinda crazy fishing and highly recomended, cetainly different from throwing a pole around
I finished up with 12 over the three days with 7 of them pushing past the ton, It was an interesting 3 days to say the least,
It was a sad moment packing the car and driving further down south to Moroira, but I promised the Mrs shopping and a beach so we had to leave
I had planned a 3 day drop off at Mequenenza I had heard so much about the fishing on the Ebro I thought I would give it a shot. I told the Mrs there was great shopping and all that
well there was only a bakers a supermarket, 4 or 5 bars and a couple of eating houses, After Andorra we set off down the other side of the mountains, 4 or 5 hours later we arrived at a sleepy Town set alongside this huge powerfull river, Mequenenza is like one of those towns you see in the westerns very Dry and dusty with a few of those bushes blowing around in the light breeze from the river.
I found a company and booked 3 days on the cats with a guide. they sorted the license's all the tackle bait, absolutly everything, all I had to do ws round up some cold beers, and charge the batteries for the cameras
These 3 days bought back some great memories and gave me the bug to get back into fishing.
This one was a tad over 136 pound caught on a string of 12, 28mm Halibut pellets
This one was 2 pound under 150 and was 2.19 metres long caught on the same bait first cast, Its kinda crazy fishing and highly recomended, cetainly different from throwing a pole around
I finished up with 12 over the three days with 7 of them pushing past the ton, It was an interesting 3 days to say the least,
It was a sad moment packing the car and driving further down south to Moroira, but I promised the Mrs shopping and a beach so we had to leave
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I have fished the Ebro a few times but only for the Carp, you brought back some great memories for me - namely fishing the pole with only a loaf of bread for bait and hooking carp after carp until all went quiet ... hooked another carp, then all hell broke loose as I found I had hooked a submarine (actually one of those bad boys you were catching).... and when you are fishing as heavy as I was having hooked up to a massive cat on the pole is not the best experience but very exciting when you have to run down the bank, through the bushes and end up in the water eventually being broken!
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hahaha Yeah I see this while I was there, A German guy hooked one on the pole and for the best part of 2 minutes he couldnt get the pole out of the water, I would say the top 6 sections were submerged untill it finally broke him up.
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