Hi everyone. Returning to coarse fishing after forty plus years when I used to fish the River Roding in Essex for roach with my now long deceased Dad.
The river nowadays looks like a stream/ditch compared with the peaceful little river I remember as a lad.
Thought I would be able to just buy some tackle and pick up where I left off....errr no, epic fail, rods, floats, techniques, waaaay different from what I remember!
Have bought a Daiwa Ninja match 12' rod and 2508 reel, a few waggler floats, 3lb line and some 16 and 18 hooks to nylon etc. Will be fishing a local pond on licence up here in Yorkshire. Looking for peace and quiet and modest size roach/carp/perch. Going to try punched bread for a start as it's close to the bread flake out of the middle of a fresh baked white loaf I used to use.
First trip soon, just working up to it, been a long time, and a lot of memories coming back...
So seems like a friendly place here and thought it would be a great place to learn about what I don't know - which seems to be about everything!
Thanks for reading, good to be here
The river nowadays looks like a stream/ditch compared with the peaceful little river I remember as a lad.
Thought I would be able to just buy some tackle and pick up where I left off....errr no, epic fail, rods, floats, techniques, waaaay different from what I remember!
Have bought a Daiwa Ninja match 12' rod and 2508 reel, a few waggler floats, 3lb line and some 16 and 18 hooks to nylon etc. Will be fishing a local pond on licence up here in Yorkshire. Looking for peace and quiet and modest size roach/carp/perch. Going to try punched bread for a start as it's close to the bread flake out of the middle of a fresh baked white loaf I used to use.
First trip soon, just working up to it, been a long time, and a lot of memories coming back...
So seems like a friendly place here and thought it would be a great place to learn about what I don't know - which seems to be about everything!
Thanks for reading, good to be here