Another day at Ashlea Farm

Chris' brother in law, impressed by his younger son's exploits at Ashlea Farm took his older son there the other day and "just let him get on with it". Here are the results!

Sam fishing from the concrete peg at Ashlea Farm

A really nice bag of fish - roach, crucians and tench. Even better than these was the very welcome 5lb Mirror carp. Well done, Sam!

A 5lb Mirror!

New at Fish & Field

The Matrix Method Hair Rigs - a good range of hook sizes tied to good strength line.

 

 

Fish & Field's redesigned course bait section. All your bait needs.

A Day out at Burton lake

Chris and Lordy went to a Cross Hands AC lake near Burton last Thursday to check out the venue. Derek Higgs went along as well so that the other two would be able to find it!
The lake is well set out in quiet countryside with only a murmur of the M4 in the distance.

The Cross Hands Lake at Burton

Chris chose a peg opposite a nearby island and Lordy went further along the bank to a peg just between two islands. Chris chose to fish worm and caster using a well mixed guano mixture of worm, caster groundbait and goodness knows what else as a feed.

Looks good enough to eat!

Lordy went for the more orthodox pellet approach using Dynamite bait expanders and Swimstim 3mm green feeder pellets.
The lake is a fairly new build and as such is not a prolific fishery. It did remind Lordy of his early days, waiting for a bite (and missing it!). However, Chris managed to net two very nice tench, some roach and a few baby barbel.

The smaller of his two tench

The lake contains a lot of these baby barbel

Lordy managed four tench, a carp (which should not be in the lake) and a few baby barbel once he changed to a worm bait.
It wasn't the most energetic of days but apparently it fishes very well first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening, so fishing it in the middle of the day was probably not the best idea. Oh well!

Derek is keen - he carried on for at least an hour after the others left!

Some good deals at Fish and Field

Sorry it's been a while but as we said, cameras don't bounce and new technology takes a while to work with us!
Anyway, here are some new items and some good deals at Fish & Field-

 

These starter whips are ideal for young and old and will help any novice angler catch fish, and the angling bug.
Need a good box to carry your gear and for you to sit in style. This Diawa seat box has a detachable tackle section and attachments for all your add on items. All legs are fully adjustable.

 

If you really want to chill out whilst waiting for that run, the Chub recliner is great value and extremely comfortable.

New in at Fish & Field are the Shakespeare MACH range of pole rigs, hooks to nylon and rig line, all at very competitive prices.

Convenient packs of three

 

 

Fine wire hooks tied to MACH line - very reliable

Shakespeare rig line available in a complete range of strengths

 

 

 

5th July 2015 Shiplate Fishery

Shiplate Fishery is situated near Weston Super Mare and once found by Satnav is an absolute delight. It is well appointed with several canal lakes and a very impressive looking main lake. The pegs on the main lake are very spacious so match angler and carp specialist alike are well catered for.
Lordy went down there with his local club and drew peg 2 on the main lake - the only peg with an "easy" reach of one of the islands. He started at 6m fishing caster and worm and was soon catching an assortment of bream, tench, roach and perch. However, once the strong wind had died down he attempted to get across tight to the island using his Drennan Acolyte Carp pole at 14.5m on 8mm hard pellet. It took him a while to get comfortable at this distance (He's used to no more than 11.5m!) but very quickly had two or three reasonable sized carp in the net. The wind and rain returned which indicated time for lunch - a Twix and a drink of juice, but once the wind had died again he got out there again. By the end of the day he had 20 carp and weighed in with 117lb (and he actually won the match!)
Shiplate is definitely worth a visit.

Michael's Bag!

Following on from his venture out to Ashlea Farm the other day, Chris' brother-in-law Michael had another couple of sessions there. Both resulted in a good bag of fish.

That tench was a nice surprise

A day out with the nephew

Chris took his brother in law and his young nephew to Ashlea Farm the other day. It seems the young man had a very enjoyable time. Hopefully he will be going again soon.

 

 

Chris enjoyed himself as well, but then he always does when he's on the bank.

 

 

Gone Fishin'