The plan was simple enough. A trip to the sales at the tackle shop for some essentials, then down to a clay pit for a spot of piking. The wander round the tackle shop went well enough, although my card may think otherwise. The trip to the pit was another matter. It appeared that the code on the padlock had already been changed and I didn't have next years book with me so didn't know the new code. Next stop the Estate lake.
There was half a dozen other cars in the car park when I arrived. As it was now late I selected a swim near the car park. A sardine was tossed out to the island and a small roach dropped halfway down the slope on the inside. Luncheon was then prepared. Another pike angler arrived and set up at the other end of the island. We discovered a carp angler had had a couple of carp including a 22lb. One of the maggot drowners had lost a pike that had taken a maggot and the third pike angler had had nothing.
Just as the last two of us were packing up the bailiff turned up to change the code on the lock. Us pike anglers all ended the day with a blank which buggered up our plans for a pike on the last day of the year. Hopefully I'll manage one on the first day of the year.
Happy New Year All
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