Well,why not ?

Still had worms to use

Ok, I took another trip down, fishing three days on the trot, what is the world coming to?
This time I decided to fish one of the 3 coarse pools I hadn't seen, so had no knowledge of what to expect.
The pond is triangular in shape and has a constant flow through a pipe of water draining off from one of the trout pools.

Perhaps I should point out that the farmer, George, has three coarse ponds and two trout pools down in the valley, the trout pools are day ticket and the coarse ponds are on a syndicate ticket.
I learned today that one or two people have not  been renewed and no more members will be taken on this year.
My arrival in the swim I chose was greeted by buzzard taking off from the tree behind me mewing as it disappeared from view. Must keep my eyes open, as I didn't see it and it was only a small tree.

Anyway, the fishing, I stuck to the same method and worm with frozen maggot/caster as feed.
Once again it was obvious that carp are the dominant fish in the two ponds so far, but I also found perch, a few tiny ones and these two. I think I lost a bigger one, but happy that at first visit to find a 2 pound fish!
A bit more timeand exploration needed to find what is in this little golden triangle

 Looks like I should clean my lense!

The smaller one with a bit of spawn there!

2lb on the nose

One of seven carp,like peas in a pod

The second trout pool next to the triangle .

I disturbed a greylag I hadn't spotted along the bank, as I retrieved a float, my line snapped at the float rubbers when I struck into a carp. 

She was well tucked down, and had nine eggs, no wonder she was agitated.

Back with the ol'man

Another trip soonish, but I have no worms so a bit more gardening may be the order of the day and I need to get some more feed, perhaps some liquidised bread and the remaining frozen casters. 

Down in the valley!

Maybe tomorrow ? 

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Close Season (informe informe)

Oh dear!!
Now there's a conspiracy, "panels" being formed , "exclusions" and all because some asked questions and some gave opinions !
This is being lead by Lee Fletcher.
It's times like this when I loose all respect for individuals, not that I've ever had any respect for Ray Wood!
It's enough to put some off the retention of the close season, just seeing what is being put forward as support for it , the same old battle cry and attacks on individuals!

Jeff Woodhouse sums it up, and he's all for lifting the close season.

"THIS GETS WORSE - Did any of you three or four ever work for the CIA? Talk about conspiracy theorists. We have gone from an article by Martin Salter asking should we have a debate and Steve Pope making his own very honest, and for me very innocent, comment on the subject to NOW - where we have a Committee with PANEL of experts deliberately excluding anyone who wants to retain the Close Season. Oh and don't forget - Sponsored by Dynamite Baits!  Crikey! Next you be saying the Angling Trust are tapping your phones to hear what you're up to."