Date: May 2008

Details: Shaun Gave Lee the Runs All Night!!

I know it sounds a bit sad, but I was really excited to hear about Shaun's new Liver B8 recipe from Quest Baits, and couldn't wait to give it a good testing. When you watch fish as closely as I do, your gut starts to tell you what baits should work well, and I was well pleased to be proven right.

The new B8 arrived here at la Gléhias last Thursday afternoon, and after looking at the 5 day weather forecast, decided to try it over a couple of sessions from Saturday onwards. My son William (9) and I got down the lakes and set up for the night just before 7pm. I put out 3 rods into some of the usual likely spots and a 4th rod out into the middle of nowhere; all using the new Liver B8 20mm, on 25lb Mantis, stiff all the way to the size 4's.

I then set about baiting up around my hookbaits. For this I had pre-soaked about 2kg of 7mm carp and 5mm halibut pellet in lake water for about 2-3 hours along with about 30 broken boilies mixed in. This was to moisten them just enough to get the pellet slightly sticky so when it was balled in, it still broke up roughly back into individual pellets with a nice cloud around it to create some instant attraction. I only baited up around the first 3 rods as I wanted to see how effective a Liver B8 would be on its own in a particularly difficult spot out in the middle of the lake.

By 10.45pm I was getting regular beeps on my 1st and 3rd rods which were out in the reeds so I knew at this point there were carp grubbing about in these swims and it was now just a waiting game. At 1.40am, a slowish run came from my 3rd rod that turned out to be a Common of 23lb 6oz - the smallest fish of the night's session.

By around 2.00am my nerves were on knife edges as the first 3 rods were now getting knocked about regularly. At 10 past, a screaming run came on rod 1 which was planted at the inlet and, being unable to sleep, I was on it like a rocket. Annoyingly the run stopped as I touched the rod, so I decided to wind it in to check the bait and re-cast back to the inlet.

By about 2.30 the same rod was off again and this time I connected with the fish, a pristine but bad tempered 26lb Common. I renewed the boilie and re-cast to the same spot again.

3.20am and I'm out of bed again, rod 3 is already running and I don’t know for how long as I had managed to fall into an incredibly deep sleep! I strike and ARGHHH, I felt the fish for a moment and then ping, nothing there. Still, I put the rod back in where it should be and go back to bed. Amazingly, William is sleeping through all of this!!

At 4.45 I had a short run from the 1st rod again, but this stopped before I could even unzip the door, I was so shattered that I decided to leave this where the fish dropped it.

One hour and many beeps later, rod 4 tore off with such force that it pulled the front of the rod sideways off the buzzer! This one REALLY had the hump, and didn't get any happier as I struggled over the next 15-20 minutes to wear it out and get it in the net. The struggle was well worth it as it turned out to be one of the lake biggies; a Mirror named Golddigger, this time coming in at its heaviest weight yet of 40lb 7oz. This is a new PB for me and certainly made up for all the lack of sleep.

At this point, having weighed and photographed the fish and got my rod back in the water, it was now 6.30am and I had decided to pack up at 9.00. Just as well really as I got another screamer from rod 3 at 8.50. An unknown deep, thick-set Mirror of 27lb 14oz - a lovely fish to end on. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Shaun's new bait turned up more unknowns not seen since stocking, and I've a feeling the Cats should love it too!

I will get some much needed rest today and go back again tonight as there were fish still lumping out over the baited spots even as I was winding in!

Total weight of Carp landed in one night 117lb 11oz.

Thanks a lot Shaun; I got next to no sleep at all!!!

Lee

Golddigger at 40lb 7oz	Golddigger	27lb 14oz Unknown Mirror

Date: April 2008

Details: 'Big Bazza' does it for 'Big Baz'!!

Sixty something Barry from Fulham London is the first to receive the 'La Gléhias OAP Record Carp Award', started this year. Here for the week with his wife Fran, daughter Tracey and two grandsons Charlie and Jamie, Barry hooked into the big 36lb 12oz Mirror just as the sun went down on Wednesday 9th April, beating his previous personal best by around 25lbs!! This meter long lump hadn't been seen since being added to the lake back in February 2006, and Barry took great pleasure in naming the beast 'Big Bazza'.

Well done Baz !!

Lee & Tracy :)

Date: March 2008

Details: Lady's Lake Record Smashed in First Week!!

Congratulations go to a very happy Linda Hemborough of the Beveridge party, who took the Ladies Lake Record Carp title at 8 o'clock in the morning on the 28th of March with a lovely Common of exactly 27lbs, upping her PB by almost 10lbs!!

Her partner Nigel has also beat his PB whilst here with a distinctive known fish called Cod coming in at 33lb 8oz.

Well done to both of you!!

Date: December 2007

Details: A GREAT BIG THANK YOU….

to all of our customers of 2007 for making our first year such an incredible success. It's been hard work and quite hectic at times, but it's also been entertaining, great fun, and very rewarding – and we've made some great friends along the way too. We can say in all honesty that we feel very lucky that every single person who chose to stay with us here at La Gléhias were a real pleasure to have, and we look forward to seeing some of you again over the next few years.

Looking back over the year's feedback, we can see that many, many PB's were smashed several times over each week, and lake records were broken with regularity throughout the year. We have seen many anglers and non anglers alike going home very happy, some people even complained that they were going home heavier than when they arrived! (a real compliment, thank you - TJ), and all this gives us great encouragement knowing we must be doing something right.

And finally we would like to wish all of you all a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year, and hope 2008 brings happiness and good fortune to us all as we look forward to the next season.

Cheers and all the best,

Lee, Tracy, Lauren, William and Sam (aka Spud).

Date: October 2007

Details: Nemo does it again for the Ladies!!!!!!

On holiday here for the second time this year with her husband Peter, Debbie Wright had her eye on the ‘Ladies Lake Record’ title (and the accompanying bottle of wine) from the moment she arrived.

Bankside regular and true gent ‘Nemo’ obliged Debbie by gracing her un-hooking mat in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Taken on two Mainline pineapple boilies, ‘Nemo’ came in at 20lb 6oz - a good few ounces heavier than when back in September, Dawn Timbers kick started the ladies lake record with the same fish!

A well deserved personalised bottle of white goes to our new ‘Ladies Lake Record’ holder Debbie.

Well done Debs!!

Date: October 2007

Details: Lake William Slowly Starts to Fill

Lake William has now been fully cleared of the trees which were rooted to the lake bed and the lower part of the main sluice has been repaired.

Platform stilts and main cross joists are now in place for 4 spacious single swims of 5.5mx4.5m and 2 extra large double swims of 6.5mx5m. The lake now also has a small new island in the in the shallow end as an additional area to fish to, the island is approximately 9mx3m and has been laid out with two bays to face the anglers with a deeper gulley dug out in front of each, this should prove to be another great holding area for fish.

Although we have had little rain since the project began, and the water table is low, everything is on schedule as the 3.6 acre lake has already regained nearly four feet of water. Being spring fed, we expect it to take at least over the winter to fill completely.

The re-stocking of some of the smaller sliver fish has already begun with the gradual introduction of a ton of 6” Tench, Perch, Roach and Rudd. The bigger fish - Cats, Carp and possibly Sturgeon - are planned for stocking in around winter 2008.

Please click on the photos below to enlarge.

Date: September 2007

Details: And we're off!!!

Dawn Timbers Is the first lady to get herself a personalised white wine award for the Ladies Lake Carp Record, having landed a 19lb 12oz mirror known as Nemo at 3.50 am on the 6th of September. Dawn commented on how well Nemo behaved himself on the bank for the photos, a true Gent!

Dawn is currently here with her husband Martin who has had several fish from 18lb up to 28lb and broken his Common PB with a gorgeous 27lb’er. Also fishing with them is their son Kieron who has had several good fish from 24lb upwards, and broken his Carp PB with a lovely deep bodied 33lb 6oz Mirror.

Well done Dawn, Keep catching!

Date: August 2007

Details: New Award for Youngsters

Adam Goddard (14) of the Rooney party had a wish come true when he landed a 32lb 7oz beast on Tuesday 31st July after only having his rod out for around 15 minutes. The fish is known as Golddigger and is normally around 39lb in weight but due to heavy spawning has lost over 6lb recently.

Adam and his family were so pleased with his catch that we felt we had to invent another award for the younger anglers (under 16’s); he was given a personalised bottle of low alcohol cider with a champagne style cork.

Well done Adam, you showed the big boys how it’s done!!!

We have also decided to do a similar personalised white wine award for the ladies, so come on girls get catching!

Date: July 2007

Details: Work Begins on Lake William

The second lake at la Gléhias has been gradually drained down over the last two weeks and the bulk of the stock of small fish have been transferred into Lake Lauren. Rumours of a large Catfish in it by the locals have been squashed as only small carp, roach, rudd and tench were found to be present. Features found on the bottom include 3 hefty tree stumps, 4 large gravel bars and 2 large gulleys. The lake already has many marginal features such as large over hanging trees and bushes and is reed lined the whole length of the back with a spectacular forest behind, these will make great holding spots for the fish and provide anglers with excellent areas to fish to.

The lake has a sunken forest in it and needs to be cleared as this would make it near impossible to fish, it also has a leak on the main sluice close to the bottom and this will be repaired while it is empty. Plans are to construct up to 6 large decked fishing pontoons approximately 5m x 4m in size to jut out over the deeper parts of the lake.

We are planning to stock a large head of carp of around 10-20lb’s to grow on with the occasional lump of between 30-40lb’s and also around 15 cats of around 15-20lb’s with a couple of 40’s. The initial plan of large pike has been scrapped due to concerns of the species being too fragile for repeat capturing. Along with the large fish, we will be putting back an extremely high number of roach, rudd, tench and perch, partly as the staple diet for the cats but also for the anglers who want to fish for other coarse species in between the carp and cats.

We expect to have the bottom of the lake cleared of trees and have the platform stilts set by the end of august and refilling by mid September. We aim to stock the lake late in 2008 to open for the 2009 or 2010 season. The lake will be ideally suited for up to 4 anglers who want drive and survive only at first, but long term plans are in place to provide accommodation as well.

click on the photos to enlarge

Autumn 2005 showing tree tops breaking the surface	Gravel bars on the far edge and the forest background	The deepest gulley can be clearly seen
Me attempting to upright one of the leaking outlets 10 foot down in the lake	The largest tree stump, normally with just the top exposed in 2 and a half foot of water	A view across the shallow end with 4 foot of water drained out

Date: July 2007

Details: Hi angling lines,

Thanks for a fantastic week fishing, we had a great time.

We had the food package, which was excellent and all home cooked food. We came home fatter than when we went!

Lee and Tracey were fantastic. They were both very helpful, friendly and willing to help, providing useful tips and advice on fishing and the local area.

We are looking forward to going back next year and eagerly await next year’s brochure so we can book our next holiday.

Regards,

Richard Pinnuck, on behalf of the Pinnuck party 7th – 14th July 2007.

Owners Comment: So glad you guys had a great time. Thanks for taking the time to write in. We enjoyed having you all here and are looking forward to seeing you all again soon. P.s. Let me know if you want that Tartar Sauce recipe! Tracy & Lee :)

Date: July 2007

Details: 9 out 10 Cats prefer Rahja! - (Probably)

9 out 10 Cats prefer Rahja! - (Probably)

Russell Irons of the Pinnuck party came to la Gléhias in search of a PB Catfish and brought with him some lovely smelly purrpose made baits, ranging from fishy meatballs to 35mm crab flavoured pink pellets. He is also fishing for the Carp using Quest Baits Rahja Spice – known to work very well on our lake.

Having failed to find the Cats on the first two nights with his super smelly baits, he had just got all his rods in on the third evening ready for the night ahead, when fifteen minutes later a slow, gentle bite occurred. Suspecting it was a big Carp tentatively picking up the 20mm Rahja on his middle rod, Russell lifted into it to find he had hooked what he came for.

The angry Moggy took around 20 minutes to bank and came in at 38lb 11oz smashing his previous PB and setting a new lake record, excellent stuff!

Well done Russell!

Date: May 2007

Details: Catfish Lake Record Broken

The Simkiss party arrived on the 19th of May and have been faced with the challenge of fishing a lake waiting to spawn combined with bad fishing weather for the first two days and nights of their holiday.

The group had struggled the first few days to get many runs and had only managed to get one fish on the bank. Having lost several fish, including a large Catfish estimated to be over 45lbs, it soon became apparent that the Carp had something else on their minds….. So, with a change of tactics and a bit of heavy baiting, the Cats became the targets for the nights ahead.

The plan paid off on the first night of this approach with Lee Simkiss landing a new Lake Record Cat at 36lb 1oz from the gorse bank at 4.00am. The Moggy was tempted by two hair-rigged 25mm halibut pellets fished over a 2.5kg bed of 5 and 7mm halibut pellets and using an 80lb braid rig it was certain to make it to the unhooking mat.

Less than fifteen minutes later another of Lee’s rods tore off, and this turned out to be one of the smaller Carp named Nemo at 21lb 7oz, the same fish he had caught 3 days before at 21lb 8oz - What are the chances of that?!!!

With two days and nights to go, let’s see if they can find that elusive 45lb Cat. (Watch this space).

The group are currently planning a return trip in September.

A well deserved bottle of wine!

Well done Lee.

Date: April 2007

Details: The Wine Starts Flowing For Lake Record Carp

James Barr and his party have been fishing the banks of Lake Lauren since 21st of April and have been soaking up the sunshine during the hot days early in the week. With temperatures hitting 102 degrees, the fishing has been a bit slower than normal during the day and the fish have been mostly hitting the banks at night. On Tuesday, it started to cloud over, and by nightfall it had started to rain, and because it was raining the fish decided to keep the anglers up all night!

Team leader James, hit into 3 Carp before coming across one of the real biggies. The 40lb 2oz lump known as ‘Golddigger’ was hooked in the shallows on Quests ‘Special Crab’ boilie and landed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A personalised bottle of wine has been awarded to the new “Lake Carp Record Holder”.

All that precise baiting and rod planting paid off!
Congratulations and well done James!

Date: April 2007

Details: Fun starts with Lake Record Cat

Shaun Fox, a member of the Keith Judd party, has been breaking his Carp PB. In fact he broke it three times in one night up to 33lb and then broke it a forth time the following night with a mirror of 37lb 4oz, and if that wasn’t enough, the night after that he landed his first ever Catfish at 35lb 8oz and set a lake record!

We thought it was time this man slowed down to have a drink, after all every other fish he has landed is a 30+. So it was a good excuse to invent the “Lake Record Drink”. Shaun (the fish magnet) Fox is the first person to receive a personalised bottle of wine with the catch details and date on the label.

We have decided to continue this and award every angler who sets a La Gléhias Cat or Carp record a similar personalised bottle as well. And with several Carp and Cats in the lake heavier than the current lake records, we expect to be giving out many bottles early on, so make sure you let us know when you catch one!

Well done Shaun

Date: January 2007

Details: First Fish of 2007 Sets New Lake Record

On the 6th of Jan, I went down to the lake to try a bit of testing on rig presentation and had me a nice surprise. I put 5 rods out in regular hot spots all with differently presented end tackle i.e. some popped-up baits, stiff rigs, long hairs, light leads etc.

After getting all rods in the water I only had about a 15 minute wait and the first and only run of the day came (it had to be on the furthest rod away, about a 100 yard run to strike it!). It took about 5 minutes to get it to the bank, at this point I saw how big the fish was and then it decided it wanted a real fight, it hung on for another 10 minutes with my heart banging out of my chest before I managed to get it in the net. I really wasn’t expecting a result like this while experimenting, not only a new PB for me but also a new lake record at 40lb 2oz!

Incidentally, the set-up that caught the fish was a 22mm boilie cut in half with a pop-up grain of plastic corn on a 10cm soft braid rig with a long hair and light lead. Pop-ups don’t seem to produce many fish on our lake but they do seem to produce the bigger ones for some reason.

I am fairly convinced this record won’t stand for long as I know of at least 2 other mirrors which I suspect are bigger, and recently I have seen a common feeding in the deep margins which looked a fair bit bigger than the 40 I’ve just caught.

Good luck to all our guests in 2007

Lee

New Lake Record - 40lb 2oz

Date: January 2007

Details: One Last Carp for 2006

The weather had warmed up a little over the last couple of days and I had seen some Carp activity in the shallows this morning when I was feeding the lake. It looked as if it was going to be a dry day and I couldn’t resist having a dabble.

I shot back to the workshop and got my rods, tackle and bait and dashed back to the lake. By the time I got set up, it was 11.30am and the sky was black and I couldn’t see any sign of the Carp that were there earlier. I decided to stick it out for a few hours and see if I couldn’t winkle one out.

I put three rods out, all in the margins up against reeds with Quest’s Fruity Trifle boilies combined with pop-up fake corn on the hair to act as a visual beacon for the bait. I also scraped the entire surface off the boilies to reduce them to around 13mm and release a bit more scent in the cold water. Around each hookbait I put only four or five broken boilies for additional attraction - bear in mind I am competing with 8kg of high protein feed going in the lake every day in the winter just to make the fishing that bit harder!

By 2.30pm, I was sitting miserably in a hurricane with torrential rain, already thinking about packing up, when I noticed the line had gone slack on my third rod. This was when I realised I hadn’t turned the buzzer on! I reeled in the slack and struck it to find after a nice 15 minute scrap, a beautiful peachy 27lb 9oz mirror on the other end. Well worth sitting out in the storm for.

The last three sessions on the lake have also confirmed that the weight of the fish is well and truly on the up with many of them at least 4lbs heavier than last recorded, some as much as 7lbs over and we expect the weights to continue to rise further through to the spring.

Happy new year to all at Angling Lines and all of our customers,

Lee and Tracy 

Date: November 2006

Details: Quest Baits Testing causes Lake Eruption

Having recently spoken with Shaun Harrison at Quest Baits, we decided to try out a few of their boillie flavours in the lake to see which had the best results.

I always think of spicy baits for catching Barbel and Chub and as far as I know, no one had tried any in our lake, so first on the list was Rahja Spice.

On the 27th of October I set up for a 3 hour session as the sun was coming up, the first run came within 15 minutes and turned out to be a 24lb 14oz mirror, great start. Half an hour later came the second fish of 25lb 8oz. By 10 o’clock I was into my third and biggest fish of the session a gorgeous Mirror of 29lb 9oz, and finally at around 10:45 I finished with an 18 pounder.

I absolutely cannot wait to give this flavour a go on a river.

Two days later, again as the sun was rising I was set up in pretty much the same spot and ready to give Special Crab a go. As with both of these flavours I had been trickling a hand full of boillies in all around the lake each day for about a week before hand to make sure the fish recognised them as a food source.

This time I barely had a chance to put my third rod out when the first one screamed off, 23lb 4oz again a good start, however ten minutes later there were two rods going at once. I managed to land one of these at 24lb 6oz as the other managed to shake the hook out before I could get to it.

Still, I got all three rods back in the water and sat down thinking I’ve probably ruined the swim for a while with all that commotion, but it wasn’t long till my left rod tore off and gave me another good mirror of 26lb 6oz.

The short session’s final run came at 11:00 and I knew this was a decent fish as soon as I struck in to it, I was proven right when I weighed the two toned Leather in at 32lb 2oz.

All of these fish were caught just 15 feet from the bank on 18mm sized boillies and were fished over a bed of 7mm Halibut and 5mm Carp Pellet with a hand full of whole and broken boillies around the hookbait.

I was astounded by the effect of the Rahja and didn’t think the Special Crab would be able to match it, but the results speak for themselves. I have come to the conclusion that Shaun Harrison must have been a Carp in a previous life to develop baits so attuned to their taste!

We will definitely be stocking these flavours in 18 and 22mm for sale to our customers. I have yet to try Fruity Trifle and will keep you informed of the results.

Lee

24lb 14oz on Rahja Spice	25lb 8oz on Rahja Spice	29lb 9oz on Rahja Spice
24lb 6oz on Special Crab	26lb 6oz on Special Crab	32lb 2oz on Special Crab

Date: October 2006

Details: Pregnant Tracy lands pregnant shape fish!!!

It was a horrible rainy Sunday, and I kept waiting for it to ease up so I could get a couple of hours in down at the lakes. It wasn’t showing any sign of stopping, so at around 4 o’clock I decided to go anyway.

I set up 3 rods and planted them perfectly into areas which regularly produce, two of these spots were already fizzing and I thought “it won’t be long now….”

After 3 hours with not even a knock, Tracy turned up to see if I was coming home for tea any time soon. I wanted to give it another hour so she decided to wait with me.

Having promptly nicked my seat, my umbrella and my Carp mag, and gotten her self settled in for the hour, I decided to take a wander around to see where the party was at, cos it certainly wasn’t booming over my rods today!

I’d only turned my back for a minute when I heard the alarm screaming! I turned to run back to my rods, but at 9 months pregnant, I hadn’t seen her move so fast in ages, she was off her seat and had managed to nick my rod as well!!

My well placed bait had been snapped up by one of the new stockies – a gorgeous 26lb 10oz Common. I had to let Tracy have it. She was beaming from ear to ear – very pleased with her self indeed, especially having beaten her PB by 17lb 10oz!!

Not bad for a ‘Fish-wife’!!!

Lee

Date: October 2006

Details: What a year! And we’ve only just begun…..

It’s the end of the holiday season and while most other venues are winding down for the year, we at La Gléhias are still gearing up for our first ‘reel’ season in 2007.

The Farmhouse accommodation is just about finished now - complete with the new barbeque and play area - and ready to receive its first guests in the new year.

Lake Lauren has been beautifully landscaped and we are really happy with the results – even though we do say so ourselves – and the lake itself is now stocked to the back teeth with massive Carp and Cats. Although you can never guarantee the weather or the fishing, you would be hard pushed not to catch something! In fact almost every one who fished it broke their PB, some people several times!!!

Not having had much time to fish the lake earlier on in the year, I have been very dependent on the catch reports from the few ‘Day Ticketers’ and friends we have had at the lake, and although all the reports have been really encouraging, it’s still not like testing the water yourself. I did however manage to get on the banks for a few days here and there through September and October and give it a proper go.

I found watching the water for an hour or so for clues of where the Carp are has paid off immensely when you cast in, and you can usually pull out fish after fish after fish when you find one – Just ask Darren (see Sept 2006 – Massive Haul). I think this puts paid to the ‘Urban Legend’ that big Carp don’t shoal.

Casting in blindly will still catch you Carp, but at a much slower rate. Margins should not be ignored and will often pay off even right under your feet, particularly in the deep end. Stalking into the shallow end margins can also be very exciting on float.

Pre-baiting also seems to work very quickly, as in three or four hours after throwing in a few handfuls of broken boillie will produce Carp in the swim in most shallow areas of the lake.

Floating baits seem to be ignored by the carp at the moment, but maybe that will change as more and more people try and introduce it. Bottom baits seem to be best with popped up baits coming a close second. Method feeding has hardly been tried at all, and I’ll be testing this out soon.

I have also noticed a lack of ‘bleep bleep’ bites or drop backs on the buzzers, nine times out of ten the Carp bites tend to be ‘full on’ screaming runs with very little warning if any – heart attack fishing! And several people have commented that the Carp in the lake seem to be extremely aggressive fighters. The Carp don’t appear to be put off by the rain either. In fact it seems to set the lake on fire!

All in all we are really pleased with the way the lake fishes and are very confident that our future anglers should enjoy some real good quality fishing, in terms of both size and quantity of fish.

We are looking forward to a great year in 2007.

With warmest regards,

Tracy & Lee :)

Date: October 2006

Details: More Big Carp & Cats to 39lb 9oz!

Initial heavy stockings are always filled with at least a little apprehension. With the health and welfare of the fish always paramount, how the lake will adapt to such big changes are always a concern. Having said that, La Gléhias are very pleased with how the newcomers have settled in since the initial Big Carp stocking of February. So much so, we felt that the lake could in fact cope with just a little bit more….

We have just had Laurent Bigot deliver another twenty big Carp to around mid 20’s and three Catfish to around 40lbs! - giving something else to go for. We expect these to grow on very rapidly due to the high numbers of Tench and Rudd in the lake for them to munch on.

Lee & Tracy :)

Date: October 2006

Details: New BBQ’s & Play Area

We now have a barbecue area at the lakes, and a large barbecue and play area with swings, slide and picnic bench set in the wild orchard adjacent to the Farmhouse for those who rent it for their stay.

The orchard, filled with several different varieties of fruit and nut trees, is a lovely place to spend a sunny afternoon, if you can tear yourself away from the lakes that is!

Tracy & Lee :)

Date: October 2006

Details: Darren & Scott – part 3

It seems we can’t keep these boys away! Back again for another 24hour session, after a great success two weeks before, the lads pulled out a total of seven fish this time around, with an average weight of around 22lbs, the biggest of which being 25lb 12oz caught on La Gléhias boillies by Scott.

See you again soon :)

Date: October 2006

Details: Willow Trees are Out

Around 15 months ago, we planted 2 young Willow trees in the lake to give a central feature to fish to, and although one of them proved to be a carp magnet, they have become a bit of a nuisance as every now and then, the hooked fish have run round them and snagged, resulting in a few lost fish, and who wants to lose a fish when it maybe your personal best on the hook?

Date: October 2006

Details: Stalking

I had a chance to get a few hours of fishing in this week and thought I’d try a bit of stalking with a boillie on the float. Looking for fish sign i.e. silt stirring up, bubbles or bumping in the reeds, almost every other cast paid off, I managed to land two fish of 19lbs and 22lbs before I connected with a 32lb Mirror, which was fun with 8lb line on a float rod I can tell you! I finished off the morning with another Mirror coming in at 22lbs. All in all, I was well pleased with myself as I had broken my float PB twice in a five hour session.

Lee

Date: October 2006

Details: The Bricolage Boyz

Patrice and Sylvain, both extremely competent Carpist’s, were keen to try the lake out for a night and a day. By morning, they had had four fish out to 26lb 12oz. The fish continued to come out steadily throughout the day, to a total of eight fish with an average weight of 23lb.

Cheers for the great review lads,

Lee & Tracy :)

Date: October 2006

Details: Long Lost Relatives…

Having not seen my Dad for a while or my baby brother Laurence for over a year, it was great to have them both come down for the day for a spot of fishing and a barbecue.

Unfortunately, fishing on the tail of Darren and Russ’s enormous success, I wasn’t convinced they were going to have an especially good day. As it turns out, Laurence had a great afternoon, catching four carp between 18lb to 22lb and breaking his PB in the process; all in about five hours.

Well done Laurence, maybe I’ll see a bit more of you now?

Tracy :)