Boom! World didn’t end, but it certainly got me thinking,
what if the world was confirmed it was about to end, have I fulfilled all my
dreams? Have I done my best to fulfil the days I’ve had on this planet? Now these
sort of questions brew up all sorts of emotions and memories, some good some
not so but everyone has a little regret right? I started looking back over the
last year and how things have changed for me and what I have learnt about myself
and others, as this is a fishing blog I shall keep this as fishing orientated
as I can.
This whole Weymouth LRF thing has been a buzz, a lot of
people have said that it started because of myself putting in a little effort
locally to show a few folk and then all of sudden like a stack of cards it was
out of control, which don’t get me wrong is a good thing in the grand scale of
the sports future, or is it? Each day that goes by now I’m walking along the
harbour bumping into the odd chap here and there fishing and I see all sorts of
crazy things, some cool some not so, it’s not in my heart to point out face to
face what’s a smart idea and what’s asking for a broken rod, I’m not afraid to
admit I annihilated my first LRF rod which was a modest priced tubular
carbostar rod, but after that one breakage I leant that these rods require
respect, I’ve seen guys running what looks like 10LB braid strait through to
the hook on rods weighted .5-5 grams, casting out a ragworm and balancing there
rods up against the hand railings of the harbour while they role a cigarette, I
wouldn’t even do that even with a soft plastic lure! I know what cruises round in
that harbour, I’ve had carp rods jump
off tripods before because I didn’t set the bait runner and it isn’t funny
seeing your £*** rod float across the lake.. Or harbour, well it’s funny now I
look back but that’s beside the point.
These rods require respect, a balanced line and leader
combo, a smooth reel that can work in unison with the rod delivering line
smoothly on the clutch, leader knots can be a headache at the best of times
when using light game PE, but practice makes perfect, I used to stand at a
CNC machine for hours practicing my knots until I had it perfect to the point I
could almost tie it blind folded, I saw this knot pop up on Henry Gilbey`s FaceBook page and it may look complex but has
proven over the last month to be a beast of a knot with the light Game PE
lines.
So going back to reminiscing.. as much I am concerned with
the approach some people are taking to using these light rods, I have also
looked into my own fishing and “profile” as they like to call it in the trade,
things changed when I jumped onboard with Ecogear/Marukyu, not necessarily in a
bad way, just a side step in a direction that was a little against my grain, and
after a short time working with them I have decided to part company, not for
any other reasons but personal reasons, the Ecogear product range is fantastic,
it’s been a great ride and I thank them for the opportunities they gave me, I
made some good friends and it was great to be given an insight into what goes
on behind the scenes. I feel looking back now that the bubble of profile
building can become obsessive and more about your exposure to the market and
how good you look rather than your skill as an angler, photographer or writer,
now I don’t consider myself a pro at any of these aspects of modern day angling
but I can hand on my heart tell you that getting to caught up in the mills mess
of it all takes the passion away from your angling.
So to prove there was no ill feelings or anything between me
and Ecogear/Marukyu team, I was joined by one of Marukyu reps John Hall for a
few hours fishing in Weymouth harbour, it was fantastic to realise that not everyone
you meet in the bubble of the industry doesnt looks at you as a money spinner, I have actually
made a good friend in John, as much as he’s a fantastic angler he’s a top guy
and great laugh.
Check out John here with his first ever Flounder and Whiting,
I’m sure he was made up with this catch as this was our number one target as
the conditions were so poor to fish anywhere else.
So between the flounder and the whiting we had a number of
micro species from scorpion fish to black gobys, after a little research I
found out this was a sand goby, one of those species we normally put back
thinking it’s just another gody, for anyone in the Weymouth LRF species League
this counts as one point so being able to identify each species is a must. Know
your fish!
We have also had our first Weymouth LRF post from Mr Iain
Turner about his outing with Simon Harris, I’m really hoping this website takes
off and the guys that make the LRF scene what it is have some input.. Like I
said at the beginning of the post the Weymouth LRF thing is out of control now
and there are people out there catching fish left right and centre and making the scene what it is... This is the place for anyone who wants to tell their story to the world.
Anyone that wants to post a report or any pictures
please just email me HERE.
Today I was meant to head out to some lakes I haven’t fished
in over ten years, all these pictures of anglers holding perch has made me
start thinking about fresh water again, long lost are my days of carp fishing
and float fishing for roach... but why didn’t I make it to the lakes?? Because my
mummy promised me this, the best farm house roast dinner a son could ever wish
for, puts Matt Jones`s cooking to shame.. Over an out guys.
