Thursday 15 March 2018

Bacon and scalding tea

I decided to start my daily trek to the land of the Fenmen a day earlier than the end of my leave in order to deliver some wild fowling classics on behalf of the Essex Scribbler and fish the last day of the season with TT.

The sun was bright, the wind increasing and the drain clear. Certainly not like yesterday's Cadbury coloured Bure. 

TT found a modicum of shelter to whip out a bare handful of tiny baits whilst I struggled to find the right angle to make the most of a wind that seemed to be coming from both ends of the drain at once. As well as the conflicted half drifting roach I carefully lowered a bluey under the shade of the  narrow boat. Toothmarks but no indication. Then an almighty splash and chatter of the bite alarm as a fish slashed at the float. Then a staccato tapping on the tip. Something was down there but it never saw the bank.


Lunch was declared and after some  (by now 29mph) wind and low fuel problems a fine piker's lunch of proper bacon HP sauce and scalding hot tea  were eagerly devoured to the soundtrack of Uncle Sam's finest tearing up  the Fenland sky.


An hour or so out of the wind on the staging and it was time to leave the season behind. Now, has anyone ever seen TT cast overhand?  We thought the owner of the dinghy was experimenting with water powered battery technology to power his bailing pump.



Quick mosey round Salters Lode on the way back to Downham Market. Not sure Illustrious is any more.











3 comments:

  1. I never cast overhand, that is for sea fishing.

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    1. A man of principle.. How do you cast a fly, the flick'em method?

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  2. No overhead, double haul reservoir style.

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