Friday, 18 May 2012
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
I haven't had a good old moan lately, so here's one to going on with.
Santander Bank have just closed the sub office they had in the next village. It was easy to get to, easy to park and only took a few minutes to get there and back home.
My only option now is to catch the bus [OK it's free] into Cambridge, walk half a mile to the nearest Santander branch, queue up to get served [never did that at Willingham] and then retrace my footsteps back to the bus stop, wait ages for a bus and get home approx. 2 hours later. What a palava!
Santander Bank have just closed the sub office they had in the next village. It was easy to get to, easy to park and only took a few minutes to get there and back home.
My only option now is to catch the bus [OK it's free] into Cambridge, walk half a mile to the nearest Santander branch, queue up to get served [never did that at Willingham] and then retrace my footsteps back to the bus stop, wait ages for a bus and get home approx. 2 hours later. What a palava!
Oophs! I've been slacking.
Went back to Rutland again last Friday [4th] but the trout gods had decreed that the trout would move out of casting range? I did manage to get a few in the end [4 netted and released, 3 lost at the net] so not so bad after all. Visited Rutland yet again on Saturday from midday to 5pm, caught and released just 1 fish and only had 1 other pull. Somebody in the past used to call me Jonah because the fish always disappeared when I turned up. It seems it's happening again.
Today [9th May] I've been sorting through some tackle that belonged to a dear friend who died nearly 3 years ago. Not a comfortable job, but his widow asked for my help. The classic find was his Barbour jacket that was pretty badly torn and worn. The zip wouldn't undo all the way down so he used to get into it by stepping into it and pulling it up. Priceless.
Went back to Rutland again last Friday [4th] but the trout gods had decreed that the trout would move out of casting range? I did manage to get a few in the end [4 netted and released, 3 lost at the net] so not so bad after all. Visited Rutland yet again on Saturday from midday to 5pm, caught and released just 1 fish and only had 1 other pull. Somebody in the past used to call me Jonah because the fish always disappeared when I turned up. It seems it's happening again.
Today [9th May] I've been sorting through some tackle that belonged to a dear friend who died nearly 3 years ago. Not a comfortable job, but his widow asked for my help. The classic find was his Barbour jacket that was pretty badly torn and worn. The zip wouldn't undo all the way down so he used to get into it by stepping into it and pulling it up. Priceless.
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Crikey! I'm really going for it with this blog thing!!
Fished at Rutland again today and very successfully I might add. Caught 7, released 6, lost 2 or 3 more and had a good few pulls. The magic formula was a floating line, 18foot Fluorocarbon leader and 2 green buzzers.
The pulls didn't come to easily at first but as the morning progressed so did my catch rate. Good sized fish as well with most around or just over the 3lb mark and they pull like hell.
I had a technology moment today as well. The revolving handle of my reel came adrift and plopped into the murky depths of Rutland. So out with the Android phone, find the Snowbee website, click on the phone number and hey presto new bits in the post tonight hopefully. Luckily I had a spare reel so my fishing day wasn't spoiled too much.
Great service from Snowbee as well.
Fished at Rutland again today and very successfully I might add. Caught 7, released 6, lost 2 or 3 more and had a good few pulls. The magic formula was a floating line, 18foot Fluorocarbon leader and 2 green buzzers.
The pulls didn't come to easily at first but as the morning progressed so did my catch rate. Good sized fish as well with most around or just over the 3lb mark and they pull like hell.
I had a technology moment today as well. The revolving handle of my reel came adrift and plopped into the murky depths of Rutland. So out with the Android phone, find the Snowbee website, click on the phone number and hey presto new bits in the post tonight hopefully. Luckily I had a spare reel so my fishing day wasn't spoiled too much.
Great service from Snowbee as well.
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