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This week Siberia has come to join us and the weather here in the South East has been extremely cold. I wonder what excuse the Global Warming Guru's will wheel out this time as Northern Europe has been frozen solid, again, with new record low temperatures being recorded.
I was being a girl’s blouse, decided to miss both the Wednesday open at Lake John and the Thursday open at Magic lakes due to the weather.
However nine anglers did fish at Lake John on the 1st Feb, 4 blanked and no ...

Before the threatened Arctic weather arrives next week, I managed to sneak out and fish the regular open at Magic Lakes on Thursday 26th. The pensioners match where I drew peg 6. Martin Amos was next to me and both of us were on the same pegs that we fished on my last visit here in November. 16 anglers fished and the weather for that day looked good.
My plan was to fish tight across to the reeds opposite me in 18 inches of water, with a reserve line at 6m in 2.5 feet of water. I started on ...

After last weekend’s mini freeze up the lakes around Hertfordshire did not thaw out until late midweek, so I decided to work for four days, which was a shock to my system and forego a mid week match.
Saturday 21st I was back at Lake John where I drew peg 7, which is a peg I have not drawn for nearly two years and last time I had it I had a splendid day winning. This week conditions were very poor as the water was very cold and there was a strong gale blowing too. This lake ...

After taking abreak from bloggiing, I'm back!!!!
Today, I'm off to my new local water at Corby. Its called Yoke Hill Farm and this water has made a bit of a comeback in the last few years.
Carp, tench, barbel, bream and just about everything that swims beckons and after a couple of open matches there last year, I have settled here.
I have a couple of paste mixes already to go and will report back with results

Utter disaster!!!! Having arrived at the lake and found ...

Oh to be back in sunnier climes.......
I awoke to freezing weather and then a temperature of minus 6 Celsius greeted me on my arrival at Lake John on Saturday 14th. The pump had not been switched on so the lower lake was covered in ice: Not very thick but enough to need an ice breaker to smash through it.
I drew peg 10, a very consistent peg and one that Mr and Mrs Carp normally reside in. The pegs either side are not so consistent and for no visible obvious reason. I knew ...