May Showers And Some Flowers

May has been almost as wet as April, so I've been back to Robinwood where I can park next to the lakes as most of the banks I usually fish are too wet for my scooter.

During three sessions this month, I had Lake 3 to myself, float-fishing maggots with a Milbro Prefect and Mitchell 300, a whole cane rod my brother found at an antiques fair and a Mitchell 206S, and I caught everything from Gudgeon to decent-sized Carp. I took along my first fishing book, Freshwater Fishing Properly Explained by Ian Ball, for some nostalgic reading and on one session I had to borrow a landing net as I'd left mine at home. I must be getting old!