Previous day had seen just the one Bream (skimmerish) but will there be more of them after my pre-bait ?
Up early and on the bank for 06:45am - setting up two rigs on the New MTX pole i acquired .
Lovely to see the day trip boat going out
I think its Latvian flag ?
The Days rewards with 42 fish , 10 Bream/skimmers the rest Roach
Today was my first outing since my Knee accident and i decided on a easy peg to get me started with limited problems down to the waters edge . My Leg is still stiff but its getting stronger and soon marathon running !?!?!😂😂😂
Kept the fishing simple with a method feeder and a 7m whip fishing for anything . In the end i got 31 roach all on the corn feeding SONUBAITS Natural BREAM and SWEET BREAM mix with 2mm pellets . No indications on method feeder about 16m out - maybe tomorrow ?
July 12th we travelled to Hollyhead for the Ferry to Dublin and then drove to Inishmore Island to stay at Gary Envis and Mandy Platts superb place.
Gary and Mandy - The People to make your stay one to remember
Suffering with their special Breakfast
Mick with the perfect pint of Black stuff
On the Island for evening meal
Sneaked a few hours down at Gary's local fave fishing spot
Gary started well with a hybrid then roach however the swimmers were jumping off the landing stage so it became a little tough to increase the catch .
River boat trip - launch !
Guess who with a pint of Black stuff ...... Ooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Boat trip and serenaded by live music
Ballyconnel at the Anglers Arms
Enniskillen and the best tackle shop - meeting up with Simon again
Invite to the Sussie and Julian Palace (note the artistic brick floor work of Jules)
This Brickwork is only 15 years old !!!
Crazy 'Ange'
Julian ! ........never knew he was so musical !
Julian cloned with Elvis
A visit for Mick who had great memories of the small town
Meanwhile back at the Gary + Mandy home of Relax - we had a cup of tea
Home time and Mick sinks his last Black stuff on the Ferry... Oooooooooo
Ferry Home time - bye-bye Ireland , see you again soon 💘💚💘💚💘💚
Further to the previous blog i issued are more pictures from the Rothley Soar days plus Thurlaston complex and days on the Trent
Rothley Soar record weight of 37lb by Gary Envis has never been beaten
Rothley on the River Soar
Pete Towle weighing in watched by some eager juniors - in the background is Mick Carr and Roger Oxford
Pictures from Thurlaston Complex
Greenhill youth at one point we had 64 registered and fishing 6 matches at 21 a time - then came PLAYSTATION !!!
Doug Hayes - crippled his back playing Rugby but enjoyed fishing with us - i designed some PCB's for his company in my spare time
Who could forget the mighty 'Colk' .....here on an evening league match at Thurlo lake
Sometimes after a morning match at Rothley we would pack up the car and drive to the Trent at Thrumpton on the Coventry DAA book. I would use up the bait from the morning and catch well on hemp and Tares.
My eldest Sarah learning well
It was pitch black and we could hardly see where we were going then we came up to a wire fence which i touched with my leg and i got a shock so we decided to go under it carefully - eventually we got to the shingle bank where we would spend the night on .
Next day after great fishing we returned to the car park only to notice we had gone under the wire fence protecting a cricket square / pitch from grazing sheep ! - bloody idiots we were !!
