Andy Spreadbury's Fishing Blog

Introduction   I last fished the Moulin back in September of last year and had an extremely average result. Whether it was because the fish were not feeding hard or it was down to my own incompetence I don't know. I did however discover a strategy towards the end of the week that I hoped to employ next time; this is what I'm hoping to do in the next few days.   I found it was possible to walk a rod over the footbridge to the island and drop baits under the tree that overhangs the bank along which the Carp patrol. The margins of the Island are the most consistent spots on the lake and have yielded the most fish for me during previous visits. But I want to add another dimension to the session - not just catch as many fish as I can but try and settle issues around rig design that have bothered me for years. They involve "What is the correct configuration of hook, bait, and kicker to achieve the maximum rate of hookups?" Kickers and line aligners have been around for...

  Peg 6, Burrows Lake Friday 11th May 2023 Peg 6, Burrows It's been so long since I last posted anything that I can't remember. I happened to meet a fellow member acquainted with my blog, on my last visit who said, "You haven't posted anything in such a long time I thought you were dead!" Needless to say I assured him that as far as I could tell, that wasn't the case and I was still fishing, albeit not very successfully. This prompted a discussion on the whys and wherefores of catching carp on Burrows and to cut a very long discussion short, I had been doing it all wrong! Well no change there then… I have always considered the best tactic to be to fish the far margin as tight as possible, casting as close to the trees as my bravery permitted. This of course resulted in the loss of multiple sets of gear in the tree branches amid much chuntering and bad language from myself. Richard 's tactic was to fish only halfway across with boilies - as simple as. Nothi...