I have been out of action for the past few weeks with a slipped disc. My own fault, I did not adhere to the health and safety manual, picking up a (large) log whilst not bending my knees and I felt my back ping instantly. It was agony especially driving. Added to that we have been short staffed at work and hence my bankside time has been severely restricted. I could only manage to get out in the morning this weekend due to Christening and Godfather duties.
I knew the fishing would be difficult Sunday morning but I had to give it a go. I thought my best chance of catching would be Chub so off I went with cheesepaste and flavoured luncheon meat.
The river always looks stunning in the snow. The peace and solitude is refreshing, well it was until the army of dog walkers descended. I lost count of the number of canines that I had to pull out of my bait bucket while their owners came running along the frosty bank apologising profusely.
Talking of bait buckets did anyone lose theirs?
Not sure if it beats a dead cat but I was fortunate(??) enough to have a johnny float past on Friday, in fact it liked me so much it came back in an eddy several times before saying goodbye! A couple of years back I had a cow drop dead in the margins opposite me, it had been making some pretty horrible noises for an hour or so and then down it went, fortunately that one didn't drift!
ReplyDeleteThe worst nightmare has to be finding a body hasn't it, I've heard of it happening on the Trent and came close to fishing a swim where a girl who had been murdered washed up on a local lake but thankfully I'd had a late start and someone else found her
Ah ha, so that's how far my black bucket went down river!
ReplyDeleteOnce saw a fishermans hat floating down river. Some tine later I found a guy with a very sunburned head, I said nothing?
ReplyDeleteGreat post John, love the new front cover, don't know were you got that old photo of me however??
At Evesham, we once saw a crocodile float downstream whilst on a riverside picnic. It had thick dark green scales and wrinkly hide, massive jaws and killing teeth. That it turned out to be a cracked-off oak log with a split in it, was a surprise, because it still looked more like a croc than a log, even after we knew what it really was!
ReplyDeleteThis weather is not going to stay and it will warm up soon,
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are always good to see with the ice and snow everywhere,
All the Best Joe,
,,,Paddy,,,
Struggling to get above zero for the rest of this week at least Paddy, doesn't look like its rivers only for a while longer
ReplyDeletePretty impressive Rob, a cow dying into the river and a johnny is pretty gross!!
ReplyDeleteLove the hat and sunburn story Richard, very funny
Jeff, I wanna know what you were smoking that day, and can I have some.
Forecast is a balmy 3 degrees in the 'Sham, It must be Chub again Paddy.
Thanks for your comments guys
Joe
Haven't seen anything horrible yet, but the coconuts on the River Soar always amuse me!
ReplyDeleteWhats it all about with the coconuts Ian?! They've been showing up in there as long as I've fished it, I guess they must get dumped in somewhere within Leicester but wherever they come from its consistent!
ReplyDeleteA dead sheep followed by a shed roof ! on the teme one winter when it was in flood, I don't think there was a link though?
ReplyDeleteThats pretty gross, I think the shed roof blew onto the sheep and knocked it in the water, did it look like it had been dead long?
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