Arriving at Sherwood lake with a hangover and 5 hours sleep isnt always condusive to a good days sport. However, the rain had stopped earlier in the week, the blue sky had visibly lifted everyones spirits although the temperature remained the lower end of the spectrum.
All anglers adopting pole as their main line of attack on Sherwood Lake roadside pegs. Nicholls Snr christening a classic pole the Technium. Still looks the business and puts pole twice its costs to shame.
In all three went and within a couple of hours it was close between Jnr and Nico but no carp showing as the water temp was still low.
Maggots came out and skimmers / ide and roach making up the most of the catches. As time drifted by never to return, increasingly one large fish might do it.
Nicholls to his credit stuck to cause and snagged a small mirror but Nicholson was swinging silvers in with increasing regularity - close again at Sherwood. To my right Nicholls Snr was perhaps once again wondering why hed drove 100 miles to watch a pole float....it wasnt moving much. Lakeview would be his cup final....
A gust of wind from the gods took the Exage of the pole rest and suddenly i was going to be £55 lighter and needing options for the next two days....in true cub scout tradition Nicholls provided a couple of tops for Lakeview ( god bless the electrical tape) but today at sherwood was going to be waggler....up it went and the catch rate actually increased!!! Pole pah....
At the close of play all anglers had a few in the net and the banter was again top drawer. With enough maggots to swarm a small country it was onwards and upwards to lakeview....Nicholsons bogey venue and so it was to prove again....
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