FIRST IMPRESSIONS...
Pulling into meadow view I was hit with a sense of awe. The place is a beautiful one with 3 lakes and a café/office selling supplies and even PUKKA PIES!! Meadow view defiantly gets my thumbs up. The lakes themselves are stunning. Lakes known as Linnet, Lark and Thrush all have their differences including size and the fish themselves. Each offering particularly pools of fish yet the manager explained the fish are the same in all lakes.
THE SET UP....
Unloading the gear couldn't have happened any quicker. We chose our fishing spot with ease a nice under-hang below a tree in the middle of lake Linnet. Their were fisherman in a competition sharing the lake with us. This was mine and William's first attempt however the set-up was pretty straight forward. I helped Will to rig up and help him check the depth of water which took the longest. After sure enough we had the depth nailed, Will began to fish, while I rigged my rod, taking longer than usual just filled with anticipation for Will to get his first bite. Taking around half an hour we were eventually both fishing explaining to each other this was the life for us.
THE FISHING...
Hours past, they literally felt like minutes. Yes...we hadn't caught just yet but we could feel it coming. To be honest, we really couldn't care less if we caught the sheer relaxation and comfort of coffee and a smoke was just truly beautiful. I had some previous rough days and I could already tell fishing was a definite escape.The fellow fisherman were catching by the dozens. They were older more experienced fisherman who were always going to catch more than us but we hadn't caught a thing. Was this due to our rigging? the depth? sheer unluckiness? After going to the toilet I started talking to the nearest fisherman who literally caught 4 Roach in the 5 minutes I was chatting to him. He informed me the depth was only 2/2 and a half feet all across the lake which came to a surprise as we were fishing at around 4 to 5 feet!! You can imagine I quickly ran to Will to change our float positions to the estimated 2 foot. I found it surprising that such a large lake was so shallow but I'm not arguing with a fisherman who had a keep-net of 35+ Roach in his pocket.
OUR FIRST FISH!!...
Off course it was Will who caught the first fish. I was so delighted I was so happy he caught a fish I had the feeling the day rested on it. He couldn't have reeled it in fast enough. It was only a small Roach but it may as well have been a shark honestly we were jumping with joy. A quick picture and a quick release as we didn't want it to die. 1-0 to Will and so the GAME WAS ON!!. I wasn't going to let Will beat me and would you know it, the fish started biting.
THE REST OF THE DAY...
I was the next to catch with a little Roach myself and now we were even. But the pressure was off, we both had a fish and we both just couldn't be more relaxed.
The next events were extraordinary!! Will managed to run ahead with another 3 fish!! All Roach but all stunners leaving me miles behind on my one. The day drew on and the fish began to stop biting and it appeared the days feeding was done. Drizzles of rain continued later on but it didn't dampen the spirits not one bit.
Verging on 4 o'clock Will's parents were on route but literally as we called them it must have sparked life back into the fish and suddenly they were biting again. "Just one more" we kept saying as we kept casting hoping the parents wouldn't show up just yet. But as the time flew his parents finally arrived and our days fishing was done. Confusion on what to do with the bait but we settled with throwing a little in the lake and a little in the bin.
With a tally of 5 fish in all we packed away and began the journey home...tired but with full-filament. What an absolute cracking day and we couldn't wait for the next one.
FISH...HERE WE COME!!! We've started and know where near finished...
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