Good Evening.
A quick check on the weather confirmed my thoughts this morning – the weather is dull and it looks like I will have no sunshine for about a week or so. Words like cloudy, showers, sprinkles, and drizzle, don’t exactly have you rushing for the suntan lotion; but it is still early spring and I will have to be patient! The lake I am fishing at is further North than I have fished to date and is closer to the Alpes, which is probably why the weather is as it is. I can’t grumble though! I am in a beautiful setting, I am fishing, and the weather is at least constant, which can only be good for the fishing.
With regards to the carp fishing I have done diddly-squat today. I said yesterday that the rods are staying put for several days and that’s what will happen. I don’t need to introduce any more bait either, but every couple of days I will introduce a very small quantity of krushed baits, around where I dropped my actual hook baits. Someone asked me today on Facebook whether I had caught anything yet? The answer was no! I am not actually expecting to catch for a few days as I don’t think there are carp here in numbers yet. The lake is also very big and deep in places and I am fishing a shallower part. It may need a slight rise in the temperatures to get fish moving into this part of the lake. I am confident I am in a very good place though and this was confirmed yesterday when another carp angler arrived in a boat to fish this swim. He saw me set up, shook his head in dismay, quickly turned the boat around, and zoomed across the lake to look for another spot.
It's a place to sleep, and a place to work!
Because I know there is a waiting process involved in the session I have had a very productive day. I have written my first piece for a Dutch magazine called Spiegel which is the third article I have written in the last ten days. It now means I am up to date with everything. Last week I wrote my first part of a mini series for the Italian magazine Carpaxtutti, and of course there is my ongoing series No Fixed Abode in International Carper, that had to be taken care of. I don’t think I will be sitting in the sun much in the next few days as it won’t be shining, so I might just write some more to get ahead of schedule.
Cooking up a storm!
Overcast weather food..."Perfick," as Pa Larkin would say!
Apart from the writing I have had a little spring clean of my cooking equipment, and I have cooked some lovely food. Today’s dinner had a British feel to it with a beef casserole and mashed potatoes! I have also enjoyed watching my dogs stockpiling sticks from the plethora of wood that adorns the woodland ground. They literally are in doggy heaven!
Charley guarding my makeshift Internet ariel!
I mentioned I was having Internet problems at the start of my session. I have remedied this with an extendable bankstick and some gaffer tape! I attached the dongle to the end of the bankstick, after wrapping it in a plastic bag, and with the aid of a USB extension cable, I now have a pretty good reception. I think the trees in the woodland are the problem and having the dongle a few feet in the air seems to have done the trick. As a test I tried Skyping a few people this evening; the reception was crystal clear which is always a good sign. Skype is fantastic and I was on the phone for over an hour to the UK speaking to family members and friends. How much does it cost? 4 Euros a month for 10,000 minutes – what a bargain!
It is almost bedtime so I am going to call it a night.
Catch you tomorrow.
Jake and the dogs.
P.S Don’t touch their sticks!
