In article , caroline
wrote:

But I think you've overestimated the fishing comp I'm going in...its 10 guys
on a friend's lake, putting up a few quid for charity, to win a bottle of
whiskey...

On the contrary, it sounds like there will be a wide range of skill and
tactics - you will learn faster when a fair few of your, er, 'subjects' are
making elementary errors. A high-powered match where everyone is highly
skilled will not deliver the same contrasts as many will adopt similar
tactics (whatever suits the day/water) and it will be harder to spot the
factors that give an advantage, or not.

This competition is a lark, and we have entered as such....and as such I
hope to have fun...

I hope you do...

I'll let you know how I get on..still learning bout groundbaitng over my tea
this morning...and last night I had a lesson in the garden on using my
landing net... ;o)

The delicate balance between attracting fish and feeding them..?
-IF- this water is stocked at a natural level then a large bucket of sloppy
bottom mud and the crumbs from a few slices of dry bread would be about
right, plus a few free samples of whatever is on the hook.
- Most maggots BTW sink at a rate of 8ft (2.6m) per minute.

As I rarely fish stillwaters I'm in the March doldrums atm. The coarse
river season finished in a flurry of medium sized roach, the (river) trout
are still ten days away and the sea is still between the winter and summer
fish - but the firstcomers will be along in a tide or two ;-)

So my next groundbaiting session may well start with a bucket full of scroff
(the 'garbage' out of the bottom of the net) blagged from a trawler before
it's shovelled over the side...

but that's OT here.

Cheerio,

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