old dog new tricks

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30 November 2007, 11:53 AM

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old dog new tricks

Hi folks my names Jym Moore and i am 55 years young lol i have fished for many years in clubs - opens and nationals
My club BTSC has declined over the last couple of years to the extent that we will not be fishing many matches if any next year so i have decided to go back onto the open circuit and the venue i have chosen is Lakeview near Melton this is fairly close to me as i live in Nottingham
Lakeview offers a challange as i am really a Canal angler first a river angler second and mercial angler last with the above in mind and my eyesight not what it was Lakeview seems to offer me the best option. but what are those options ? well its mainly up in the water fishing on pellet something i only got into this year in our clubmatches at Lakeview (i won both) not because im any good you understand i did my homework and put a bit of practice in which paid off. Now i am about to start making my rigs for the opens ready for after Christmas
My main attack will be to start on the bottom with pellet then come up in the water as the fish compete for the bait i will feed two swims one at 12 oclock and one at 10 too 12 my other line will be paste in the margins The majority of fish are f1s and small mirrors/commons
Rigs will constist of
MW Diamonds and MW Rugbys for on the bottom
MW Cookies for between 2 and 4 foot and
MW Peas for shallow
Line Shimano Antaries 0.12 - 0.14
Hooks mainly B911s in 16 and 18s
Elastics white and grey hydro

Time for some reconacence
Now i intend to see how many lakes there are how deep each lake is what are the Autumn summer flyers

So can an old dog learn new tricks

i will let you know how my practice sessions go and come March/April will see how i start off in the opens

Anyone who has any tips on Lakeview please let me know
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  Oneabung commented
  
  30 November 2007, 04:17 PM
  
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  Sounds like you have your head screwed on right Jym, however I would try some lighter line in the winter than 0.12, up here on Lindholme it does make a big difference scaling down to 0.09 and 0.10 when it is cold and the fish don't pull as hard so its not a problem... as for feeding try having a few lines and feeding very sparingly - if you are a canal angler you should be good and accurate with the catty so try loose feeding these lines - personally I think too many people get addicted to using micro pots and the fish are used too this and sence the danger - if you can loose feed 2-3 pellets regular and accurate you will reap the benefits as others fishing may be too lazy to do it!
  
  Let us know how you get on and look forward to reading your blog in the future.
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  TGM commented
  
  1 December 2007, 03:14 PM
  
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  thanks for the comments and advice mate will take it all on board fishing more swims and with a catty is second nature to me so this is a defo goer
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  vorila commented
  
  20 March 2009, 10:56 AM
  
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  holiday next week near kings lynn any mid wek opens 24/24/26 march
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