I was about 7 years old and although I had been “fishing” with those little bamboo nets from an earlier age this was my first “proper” trip with rod and line.
My big brother, an occasional angler took me to the little river Darent in Kent and kitted me up with a 6 foot fibre glass rod (that I still have today!). Although he had two rods we only had one reel so for me he taped a spool of line to the rod. I have a vague memory that the spool was pale blue in color & was almost certainly Bayer Perlon. We proceeded to catch minnows in the margins on tiny bits of worm under crow quill floats. My Brother of course had to do all the difficult stuff like bait up, sort out the endless tangles and unhook the fish and I had a great time. My over riding memory was seeing in the shadows of the far bank over hanging trees the occasional glimpse of a giant shape swimming past. These would have been Roach, Dace and Chub of just a few ounces but to me they were uncatchable monsters & I wondered what it would be like to hook one. The seed had been sown and little did I know it would lead to me becoming a lifelong angler.
Do you recall your first fishing trip ?
My big brother, an occasional angler took me to the little river Darent in Kent and kitted me up with a 6 foot fibre glass rod (that I still have today!). Although he had two rods we only had one reel so for me he taped a spool of line to the rod. I have a vague memory that the spool was pale blue in color & was almost certainly Bayer Perlon. We proceeded to catch minnows in the margins on tiny bits of worm under crow quill floats. My Brother of course had to do all the difficult stuff like bait up, sort out the endless tangles and unhook the fish and I had a great time. My over riding memory was seeing in the shadows of the far bank over hanging trees the occasional glimpse of a giant shape swimming past. These would have been Roach, Dace and Chub of just a few ounces but to me they were uncatchable monsters & I wondered what it would be like to hook one. The seed had been sown and little did I know it would lead to me becoming a lifelong angler.
Do you recall your first fishing trip ?