December Update

Hello once again.



Firstly a very Happy New Year to all, and I hope that anyone who reads this blog had a good Christmas.

Since fishing the final River Severn qualifier I have not been fishing either as a pleasure session or in any matches. As many people are aware the weather in this part of the UK has been particularly cold and a decent amount of snow had fallen in mid December. This has resulted in still waters and canals freezing over and rivers becoming very iffy.

I must admit this has coincided with a loss of interest and motivation from myself, so I have been reluctant to go out fishing in the knowledge that it would be a struggle. Maybe it has been the difficulties of the River Severn matches that has dampened my spirits slightly. As I write this today, no canal or still water in the area has thawed out yet and river levels are constantly up and down either due to a thaw or rain.

The River Severn Classic final is due to take place next Saturday (15th Jan), so hopefully the river levels will be good and the weather will have warmed up slightly. I have no idea if the fishing has improved at all.

Anyway I suppose with it being the New Year it is a time for planning the next years adventures and targets. I am thinking of giving Fish o mania a miss this time. Although I would enjoy a day out to different venues, the chances of getting the tickets you want are slim and I am not at a standard high enough to realistically compete. That may just be down to confidence, which has taken a bit of a battering lately.

My thoughts at the moment are to fish the matches on the Mersey until the end of the River season and then move onto a local commercial for a while. Later in the year thoughts will return to the Division 1 National which is on the New Junction Canal near Doncaster. I would like to get as much practice in as possible, as I have never fished a deep canal before. Suppose it might be similar to the River Weaver. All in all I have to start thinking a little more positively and concentrate on methods I am comfortable with rather than trying different things.

So for the remainder of January I have the River Severn final and the postponed POHAS Fur and Feather match to look forward to. Then on to the Mersey I think.

Tight Lines.