Hi Guys,
Recently signed up and thought it best to introduce myself before I start posting
Long story short, I started coarse fishing when i was in primary school, carried on until the back end of secondary school then got a car and it all went down hill form there - sold my gear etc. So anyway, 12(ish) years on and I started to have hankerings to get a rod and go fishing again - so I did! And i'll shamelessly admit that it was Aldi's special fishing gear week putting up a pretty strong rod and reel combo for £20 that properly pushed me in the right direction - it may be silly cheap but its a combo that works well for me just now.
I'm fortunate enough to work literally a 2 minute drive away from one of the better fisheries in the area (Alvechurch) which was where I always went as a kid which has made this choice even easier.
Anyway, if you've made it this far through my rambling, well done! This is the fun/humorous bit in my eyes... When I used to fish my best were a Tench at around 4lb and a Mirror at around 5lb - so on my first trip (literally a couple of weeks ago) I was quite pleased to take this pretty little Carp...
Then a few evenings later catch this Mirror. Which I admit I thought was HUGE... Until it weighed in at under 5lbmg:
But then last night I went back, fished on meat for the first time and took this Common - came in at just over 10lb;
Since getting my gear i'd kept saying that I really wanted to catch a double and I've just barely scraped one in my first month! I'm quite chuffed with myself even if its not that special in the grand scheme of things. I didn't know what to do with the bloody thing when I got it on to the bank
So anyway, looking forward to picking up some tips and advice on here! And if you're an Alvechurch regular, let me know and i'll see you down there some time!
Recently signed up and thought it best to introduce myself before I start posting
Long story short, I started coarse fishing when i was in primary school, carried on until the back end of secondary school then got a car and it all went down hill form there - sold my gear etc. So anyway, 12(ish) years on and I started to have hankerings to get a rod and go fishing again - so I did! And i'll shamelessly admit that it was Aldi's special fishing gear week putting up a pretty strong rod and reel combo for £20 that properly pushed me in the right direction - it may be silly cheap but its a combo that works well for me just now.
I'm fortunate enough to work literally a 2 minute drive away from one of the better fisheries in the area (Alvechurch) which was where I always went as a kid which has made this choice even easier.
Anyway, if you've made it this far through my rambling, well done! This is the fun/humorous bit in my eyes... When I used to fish my best were a Tench at around 4lb and a Mirror at around 5lb - so on my first trip (literally a couple of weeks ago) I was quite pleased to take this pretty little Carp...
Then a few evenings later catch this Mirror. Which I admit I thought was HUGE... Until it weighed in at under 5lb
mg:
But then last night I went back, fished on meat for the first time and took this Common - came in at just over 10lb;
Since getting my gear i'd kept saying that I really wanted to catch a double and I've just barely scraped one in my first month! I'm quite chuffed with myself even if its not that special in the grand scheme of things. I didn't know what to do with the bloody thing when I got it on to the bank
So anyway, looking forward to picking up some tips and advice on here! And if you're an Alvechurch regular, let me know and i'll see you down there some time!
