Derek Gibson
Well-known member
As anyone who has read any of my ramblings will recognise, I have never been a fan of revisiting the scene of angling triumphs many years later.
Imagine my surprise then over the last few weeks on having to re-evaluate that belief, due in part to the urging of my lifelong buddy Gus, who insisted that a few nostalgia visits would be good for the soul.
To cut a long story short three venues were chosen that did not involve neither a long drive or walk on arrival. Each one had in the past produced some epic catches of Pike before the inevitable happened and the ''circus'' arrived heralding the death knell as has happened to many venues around the country. But at least we had several wonderful seasons before deciding to move on.
That was some thirty years ago now, and the circus stayed so we were led to believe for three seasons before catches dried up and they moved on, Hooray.
Our results on two of three chosen venues tend to suggest that the fish at some point returned to the areas in the intervening years due to lack of pressure, ''we are chuffed to bits''.
Three cheers for this bit of nostalgia, it can happen.
Imagine my surprise then over the last few weeks on having to re-evaluate that belief, due in part to the urging of my lifelong buddy Gus, who insisted that a few nostalgia visits would be good for the soul.
To cut a long story short three venues were chosen that did not involve neither a long drive or walk on arrival. Each one had in the past produced some epic catches of Pike before the inevitable happened and the ''circus'' arrived heralding the death knell as has happened to many venues around the country. But at least we had several wonderful seasons before deciding to move on.
That was some thirty years ago now, and the circus stayed so we were led to believe for three seasons before catches dried up and they moved on, Hooray.
Our results on two of three chosen venues tend to suggest that the fish at some point returned to the areas in the intervening years due to lack of pressure, ''we are chuffed to bits''.
Three cheers for this bit of nostalgia, it can happen.