Senility at Sunny View

For a change Evan and I decided to go course fishing.  We found that Sunny Ridge Fishery was close by and that was really the main deciding factor, plus the excellent fishing shop at Exmoth had recommended it.

It was sunny when we arrived, and in March this is a good thing.  However I fancied a place over by the inflow, which was in the shade.  First mistake of the day.  Old bones need warmth.  Evan and I set up two rods float and one rod method feeder.

 Then horror of horrors I noticed that we did not have the net with us.  As we were pondering the onset of mind loss in the ol man, My float firmly went under and I hooked into a 10-14lb Carp.  Up it came through the murk and rolled on the surface,  I sent Evan to borrow a net, but this proved unnecessary as the Carp took off,  and I failed to hold her and she broke my line.

For the rest of the session we caught rudd and Dace, which was better than nothing but not the Carp we were hoping for. But there again we could not land them anyway.  Getting back to the car, there was the net on the floor.  Ahhhh!