Hi All
It's been a while.
I have been float tubing today and for some reason it made me think of Haddo
I have been here just a year now and much has happened but the good bit from my point of view is that I now have a house with a two acre lake in the garden. The lake is well stocked with coarse fish including some very nice Rudd and of course Carp, up to around 20lb.
I have been catching them well enough on normal bait tackle but finally got around to unpacking the banana boat and launched for the first time this evening.
tackled up with a 5wt rod and floater I started with buzzers and was soon catching Rudd fairly regularly. They are much less aggressive than trout, the bites are much harder to feel and they are also much easier to spook.
I was fishing an aps bloodworm around a snag when it all went solid and I thought I had hooked the snag, then the snag took off at a rate of knots down the lake, completely unstoppable. Looks like the carp had arrived
I thought OK, I'll come back for you another day with more suitable tackle and as there were some fish beginning to rise I tied on a size 16 Sparkle Gnat and cast to the rises. First cast the fly was engulfed and we were off. This was either a record rudd or another carp. Several minutes later a pristine common carp of around 4lb came to the net. I would have said it was much bigger.
Over the next hour I had a total of 8 carp, all around the same size and I have to say that pound for pound they pulled harder than any trout, even yours Mike
So, I have broken my duck, will I be going back for the big ones? oh OK then
In the meantime good to see that tubing carries on at Haddo. Who knows, maybe one or two of you can come over for a tube meet on my lake.
Cheers for now
Dave Olley
