Look around and enjoy!

Winter fishing might be hard but the views are fantastic

by Russ Evans

I am typing this blog instead of fishing a match at Hartleylands due to the current cold snap freezing over the lakes at the Kent venue and other options on my fixture list have also been iced off. With the cold snap being forecast for the next few days or so I have decided to put back the Bury Hill Christmas Open for two weeks until the 15 December, when hopefully conditions would have improved for the better. Fishing is still going on at Bury Hill with at least 35% of the pegs fishable thanks to the pumps keeping the lake water moving around so that is good news for the predator anglers still wishing to chuck out a dead bait or two.

With next week’s club match in the balance at Monk Lakes where it will be the semi-finals of the pair’s event I will be keeping my options open for a visit down the river should the intended match be called off. Cold weather does not bother me and while there is every chance of my float going under then my enthusiasm is still as passionate as in the summer months. One plus of being out in the countryside on cold winter and frosty days is the fantastic scenery and some of the views take for some superb photographs. I always take my camera with me for a shot of a bonus fish but also for the winter scenes that I regularly witness on my travels in the Surrey, Kent and Sussex countryside’s. Another plus is I get to see on many occasions my favourite bird the Robin Redbreast which I always feed with a few maggots and there is no better site when one of the friendly chaps perch themselves on the end of my rod tip as I sit quietly by the river’s edge waiting for a bite.

Over the Christmas period I am hoping to take advantage of some winter filming for The Obsessed Angler series down my local river and if it is a frosty day then some of the scenery will be fantastic to catch on film, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the conditions I want will present itself.

Here are some photographs I have taken that capture fishing in the winter time, as you can see there are some stunning scenic shots.

Tight Lines

Russ Evans