JMW Turner would've loved this morning, real weather and watercoloured backdrops set the scene as me and Lucy(that's the name of my recently re-furbished Lucky Strike) set out to see if we could just catch that one fish. A fish that would truly mean the rod was alive and free again after decades of dark, dusty confinement in a shed....I could write paragraphs on how much pleasure reviving this beautiful rod has given me....Her first fish was small, perfectly formed and beautiful, but mostly special. The photo's I took at The Lone Tree Beat will tell the rest of the story.
Bless that little Perch. It just goes to show that any fish can give a memory that will last a lifetime.
A glorious morning that Gurn and how big will that perch be when memory recalls it . My first perch, after catching gudgeon on the canal was huge and fought like stink. On reflection it may of weighed 6oz's .....God bless the sergeant!!!
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think lucy should go gudgeon fishing in september. little pool in herefordshire. regards the squire
ReplyDeleteThat's a definite squire, might have to treat myself to a new 'pin though.
ReplyDeleteThe ever obliging perch, we would be lost without them.
ReplyDeleteNice one Gurn.
The first of many Gurn, I hope you gave Excalibur a a wioe down when you put it away ;-)
ReplyDeleteNice start. Here's to plenty more to come. Simon.
ReplyDeleteCould Lucy handle a twenty pound cat???
Not a chance Simon, I think you should come Catfishing with me this year mate.
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