Its been ages since i fished with Mike so a day on Draycote was eagerly anticipated. However after some decent weather it was forecasting torrential rains and very high winds.
Fortunately they hadn't called it off but had restricted it to just half the lake. It wasn't a great disapointment as we were going to fish just up from the Sailing club anyway. The rain was due at lunchtime so we agreed to get on with it just being a 4 fish limit.
Mike was on form and first cast he was into fish. Can you believe it 2 on his cast and fighting like fury. He managed to net one, and played the other on his net till i netted it. 2 fish up on me already. I turned round to get out and there i am in a tangle. I manage to get out of it and Mike is in again and it is all over the place. I manage to get out of the way while he finishes playing it and netting it. As i cast back over i am in a tangle again. Can you believe it but as i cast out again Mike is in. That 4 fish down and i've not had a proper cast yet - mad!
We then started to catch together. They were taking on a Damsel or green buzzers. mike was on a 15ft midge tip and me a 3 ft midge tip. He had the depth perfect but i had to leave it a little but they were coming and by lunchtime i had 3. It then started to rain and got persistently harder. After an hour we were getting bit more miserable. The banter had increased and i was put under massive pressure to catch my last. However i hung out as long as i could and just after he had reeled in and said thats it, i managed to catch.
We hot tailed it into the cafe to dry and then to the pub before we had to get back for the weigh in.
Clearing had won and barclaycard were second. My team Radbroke was a person short so never expected to be in the prizes. However we had both had a really eventful day.
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