Andy Spreadbury's Fishing Blog

19th.-20th.November 2019 Paddlesworth, Pollard, Peg 30 13.00 At last, an opportunity to fish P30. Lunch configured by my dear lady, Christine is a confection of hot soup, bread and butters, some cold sausages, and an unexpected jam doughnut! The greatest of benefits of married life is the loving care of a dear wife! Eighteen wraps, straight in line with the rooftops of the houses opposite and seventeen and a half on the spod rod. Steve in The Box had a fish this morning although Ryan in ‘Nolan’s’ two swims along blanked; he has now moved into The Box vacated by Steve who has now left the lake. More spodding to do. I am determined to ‘spod-the-granny’ out of my swim again like last week the only drawback being the 4lbs. TC spod rod will not make the distance with the large size Spomb; a ‘medium’ it is then. Back to it - there’s a lot of bait to get out there… Taking a well earned break from spodding. I never knew that continual casting and retrieving co...

12th.-13th.November 2019 Paddlesworth, Pollard, Peg 44 (The Brambles) 11.40 My first chance to comment after what was an early start at the crack of dawn. It was just getting light when I left home this morning but I got stuck in traffic on the M20 for an hour which delayed me somewhat. Why is motorway driving in the SE of England such a pain in the rear end? Rarely do you complete a journey without some sort of hold-up. P30 was occupied as usual so I barrowed up the ‘House Bank’ to find ‘Ryan-the-Bait-Man’ in ‘The Box’ (P46). Good opportunity to order some more bait as I had used up everything I’d got in my spod mix. My spod mix. Yes. I’ve got a bucketful of it with me. A mixture of Hemp and Ryan’s ‘Maxinut’ boilies - I had every intention of ‘spodding the granny’ out of my peg which is what I have been doing here for most of the morning. I want to keep feed going in for the duration of the session and not fail again by under-doing it. ‘The Brambles’ I fish...

5th.November 2019 Paddlesworth, Pollard, Peg 44 (The Brambles) 12.40 Very late start today due to sleeping in late… very unusual for us - we’re normally up and about at the crack of midday! Finally, after one month since my last session I am out on the bank again. Holidays, social events, and some of the most appalling weather we’ve had in a long while have all conspired to keep me away from the bankside, but I have not been entirely idle… My birthday brought forth enough funds to buy a set of three ‘Sonik Vader X 12ft. 3.25 lbs. TC’ carp rods; more than capable of casting the distances required at Pollard (or anywhere else for that matter). My Wychwood ten-footers are lovely rods but under-gunned for what is sometimes required here. Horses for courses. A bit soon to cast judgement on the new 'Sonik Vader X rods but one thing is certain, they are incredible value for money. £40 each! You must be joking! I got really excited to find only two cars in...