Solar eclipse

Not fishing related I know, but as it's such a rare event I thought I'd share an image with you all. I took the day off work in the hope the weather would play ball and I could get some shots of the eclipse. It looked like it was going to be too foggy and cloudy at first, but after a slight location change and a bit of luck from the weather gods I managed to find some relatively clear skies, though I had missed about 15-20 minutes of the start of the eclipse while moving. I took over 300 images in total, and compiled this image from 20 of them.

Solar eclipse 20th March 2015 - Taken using a Canon 700D and 300mm lens fitted with a solar filter.

Not too shabby for hobby level gear, you can even make out a sunspot at the 10 o'clock position on the sun.

Happy new year (and a bit).

It's been a while since I last posted anything, so thought I'd better show myself! I've been busy doing nothing, as it were, the last few weeks with Christmas and whatnot. I did manage to get out on the bank a couple of times, but without even a single bite they weren't very eventful, and with it being freezing cold not much else happened to report on either. I've just booked up this years holiday to Anglers Paradise in the summer which is something to look forward to. I'm also toying around with ideas for a couple of fishing related projects this year, and if they get off the ground I'll be sure to let you know on here. I did manage to get a few snaps while out and about over the holidays, so I'll leave you with this one of the lower river Severn at sunset.

New quest...

Hopefully I'll be starting a new quest in the near future. It's something I've been meaning to try for a few years now but have been unable to due to flooding, and a bad case of fair weather angling! It looks like it might stop raining for the weekend so I may get chance to kick it off then! I don't expect the first session to go according to plan (mainly because I don't have a plan yet). Think of it more as a reconnaissance mission...

Bring on the RFWCC!

I've entered a match!

My winning bag from 1992

I'll be competing in a friendly match tomorrow with a few guys from the facebook group Fishy Fingerz. It's not the sort of fishing I've ever really done, having only ever entered 1 before at Stratford Park when I was 13 back in 1992! I did however win that match, with a weight of around 3lb from what I remember, so I do have a 100% record to try and maintain! My prize for winning back in 1992 was an Abu feeder rod kindly donated by one of the club members, which was a fair few years old even back then. I still have it, and I think I shall use it for tomorrows match, and hopefully some of the luck I had in 92 will come my way again!

Chasing Cyprinus carpio

Just booked a night on a local carp water for this weekend to have a bash at some wildy style doubles. Had a quick look round after work today and something is definitely on the feed, fizzing and clouded water everywhere, just hope they're still at it in a few days time!

Fishing the Wye

Hopefully having a trip to the river Wye this weekend. Fingers crossed old whiskers will want to come out and play...

Horsing around

Well I did just over 3 days fishing on the carp societies Horseshoe Lake in Lechlade last week. Never fished it before and only the second time I've ever fished a big pit (the other being a 24h session on St Johns at Linear Fisheries a few years ago). Hopefully I'll get chance to do a bit of a write up soon, trying to make the most of the good weather at the moment before the nights really start to close in.

The best laid plans...

Planning a few days chasing some big 'uns on a gravel pit next week. Going to be hard going but fingers crossed...

So I started a blog...

I've been thinking about doing a blog for ages now, but never got round to doing it... Until now. I'm learning all this blogging malarkey as I go, so the start may be a bit of a shaky ride but I'll figure it out I'm sure! I have a few adventures from earlier in the year I'm going to write up first as I recorded a bunch of notes for the purpose of  making a blog but never took the plunge into actually doing it, so figured I may as well do them now. :)

Oh, and I set up a facebook page too, maybe one day I'll get around to adding "like" buttons and what not...