November Rain

My first session this month, and the first in nine weeks, was at Woodrow's Pond on a sunny but fresh Saturday afternoon. I set up a 10' Carp rod and Mitchell 300 reel with some sweetcorn on a running lead.

There were some fish topping and even a few jumping, although nowhere near my swim. I wasn't too bothered about blanking as I hadn't fished since my holiday in August, and no-one else was catching either, which always makes an angler feel better.

My next session was on Lake 1 at Robin Wood Fishery. Gudgeon, Roach, Ide and Skimmers were landed with my 13' unnamed fibreglass float rod and Mitchell 300 reel with red maggot. I fished until mid-afternoon and heard a Tawny Owl calling as I packed away.

A short session at Robin Wood on Lake 3 using a 10' Carp rod and legering a boilie over some crumb and pellets resulted in a blank. A bright, windy day and in hindsight I should have followed the wind and fished further down the lake.

The final session this month was another blank, legering at Mill Dam in the pouring rain. I fished a 9½' Daiwa leger rod, and Cardinal 654GT reel with hair-rigged fake corn. I need some practice fishing bottom baits.