After a few tense minutes I was able to quickly scoop under the fish and it was safely netted, weighed a quick snap and released. It weighed a whapping 15lbs in the net and to be honest the net weighed next to nothing.
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What is the old saying….”When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. In angling parlance, or at least in my case last night, the equivalent would be “When fishing gives you Perch, make Perch Soup”.
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This “proper” summer rolls on and while it has been far from ideal for fishing, to be fair July is rarely the best month anyway. Sometimes I think the old stockmarket maxim of “Sell in May and go away” needs a similar one for fly anglers in Summer, “It’s July, give it a bye” maybe? But two recent outings on the face of it seemed fine days for fishing.
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This hot summer weather makes a change for us, as the last few years, June and all summer, in fact, have been rubbish.
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Sometimes it just has to be done.
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