Nice article in Angling Star by the way ****y.
You have an excellent water in Draycote which is not far from where you live. During the whole of the spring and odd days and evenings in summer, I virtually lived on Draycote Water. It was only 5 miles away and the fishing, although not easy, was first class.
I kept a pub going in "river trout" for a couple of years. It paid for my season ticket.
The first time you catch a fit fighting rainbow, you'll be hooked I guarantee it. They make even barbel look pedestrian, especially when you get one of those grown-on ressie jobs thatare bright silver with a bluish tinge like a salmon. I had one this morning; it had me well into my backing with a screaming 50 yards run and it jumped 3 times high into the air, and it only weighed 3 1/4 lbs!!!
You'll progress to tying flies and then you'll be poor for the rest of your life expecially if you go fishing with Uncle Dave or Marsbar and you see theirfancy Sage rods and Abel reels.
"2000 bucks on the hoof" as Americans call fly fishermen.
Graham and Dave are more like 20,000 bucks on the hoof!
