Keith M
Well-known member
The things that I remember most of all are the early summer mornings when the mist is drifting on the river and the church bells are ringing and the woodpidgeons are cooing in the background, together with the anticipation of catching some of those lovely brassy scaled chub; before most people have even got out of bed. Those are the really magic moments that I will always remember.
Or an early morning watching a heron moving silently around, sometimes being followed by a magpie (hoping to snatch a fish that has been dropped by the heron) amidst the early morning bird chorus. together with the anticipation of the first Barbel bite on a lovely quiet river, or of the float quietly being slipped away by a nice red-eyed Tench amongst the lilly pads on a nice quiet picturesc estate lake.
Its these atmospheric moments which I find are some of my most favourite moments in fishing.
It's not always the biggest fish that I remember, but the magical atmospheric moments that I've spent by a water.
What about you?; what is it that makes you love fishing so much?, is it the bite of a big fish? or perhaps its fishing a new water for the first time? or winning a match? or watchng that huge grey shape appearing below your crust?..
Or an early morning watching a heron moving silently around, sometimes being followed by a magpie (hoping to snatch a fish that has been dropped by the heron) amidst the early morning bird chorus. together with the anticipation of the first Barbel bite on a lovely quiet river, or of the float quietly being slipped away by a nice red-eyed Tench amongst the lilly pads on a nice quiet picturesc estate lake.
Its these atmospheric moments which I find are some of my most favourite moments in fishing.
It's not always the biggest fish that I remember, but the magical atmospheric moments that I've spent by a water.
What about you?; what is it that makes you love fishing so much?, is it the bite of a big fish? or perhaps its fishing a new water for the first time? or winning a match? or watchng that huge grey shape appearing below your crust?..