Ive just returned from the first night of my new campaign on the Bedfordshire Pit.
I arrived about 17:30pm and managed to drop straight in the swim I had seen some activity in a few days ago, I was all set up in double quick time and all 3 rods were dispatched with "Ninja" rigs on!
Martin set up in the swim next door, this give me the chance to show him a few rigs etc and more importantly the bonus of being right next to the BBQ that Martin and Emma had a arranged.
It wasn't long before the BBQ was fired up, Trudi & Jack (my wife and son) and Pete soon arrived, we all sat down and enjoyed way to much chicken wings, burgers and sausages whilst soaking in the atmosphere before calling it at night just before mid-night.
After our guests had left me and Martin sat up for a while discussing the season ahead and life in general, but it didn't take long for me to call it a night and grace the bedchair, after a terrible day at work I needed some kip!
I was awoken at 4am by my Neville screaming for attention, I jumped off the bedchair and ran to the rods and lifted into a fish that was stripping line off my spool faster than a greyhound chasing a rabbit! I just couldn't slow it down, then all of a sudden the hook pulled and that deflated feeling set in that Ive managed to go so long without feeling especially when in the back of my mind I knew it was a chunk.
I put the rod back out on the spot and fired up the stove for the first brew of the day, I looked at my phone it was only 04:15am, there wasn't anyway I was going to get any sleep now as the sun was getting brighter by the minute.
I sent Pete a text giving him the bad news and received a reply much quicker than I had expected, he knows how losing the first fish from a water feels and was genuinely gutted for me.
Just after 06:30am I had a slow take on the middle rod and there was soon a large bream in the waiting landing net, not exactly what I was after but I decided to have a picture for the blog.
I stayed until mid-day, as I was still getting liners but it started to get very warm and I decided to call it a day.
I will take some positives out of this session, I'm pleased to have hooked one on my first night I thought it would take much longer than that as its a far from an easy water.
I'm just waiting to hear about plans for next weekend from a good friend Paul, so I think it will be 2 weeks before I'm back behind the rods on the Pit again, I cant wait to get back!
Take Care,
Smithy