Disappointments but good fun


Another weekends fishing brought me to OGDEN reservoir in Lancashire. It wasn't really the nicest of conditions windy, cold and raining but what can you expect for Lancashire mid November.

Pike fishing was the order of the day and in attendance was Micho the length, Kojak and for the last 1hr fellow blogger on wellayewilligofishing Mr Kaps.

I'm not going to go into great details about all the different lures I was using as I only had 2 (not that great for a full days fishing) and I'll also not go into great detail about all the fish I spotted as I only spotted a few the best been a pike of about 15lb jumping 1ft in the air, very funny to see.

I did have one moment of pure adrenaline pumping action that lasted for about 10 seconds (no this wasn't with my girlfriend), after spotting a perfect hiding place for the pike and pulling off probably one of my best casts I held my reel under my right arm I preceded to strip the lure back as fast as I possibly could. BANG!! SMASH!! Pike on!! The reel screamed for about 5 seconds and the pike flung herself out of the water crashing back down! NO PIKE ON ANYMORE!!

This was probably my best piece of fishing, spotting the hiding place, casting to the exact spot I wanted, stripping the lure back correct and the result was pike on. When I look back on it I wasn’t prepared, I didn't have wire trace on and I only had 10lb leader not really good enough when fly fishing for pike and you can be certain that it won't be happening again.

I like to blog my disappointment because if I didn’t there would be nothing to write and hopefully I can come back to it and see how I've improved! The last 4 big fish I've had on the fly haven't been landed and it's starting to piss me of a little… One thing though, I wont be giving in!! I LOVE FLY FISHING ME LIKE.

Sueness McNooness

Ps….Good luck Gav with the operation on the shoulder, hopefully you'll be back in action after the new year, that’s if you haven't got MRSA!! DOYLE