Off the Log #11
Ed 10 burned the rest of my TCAOTFC prequels in short order when I thought we were at the end of Lockdown 2.0 and could get right back into it. Then came L3.0. Bummer! I could have spun a few blog posts out of that. Ho hum. To write a new post I had another butchers at my fishing log, picking December 2007, which happened to be my very first visit to Avon Springs, in Wiltshire. Most of the month had been cold, but the last six nights the temperature hadn’t fallen below five degrees C, so I thought it might be opportune for a visit to a new water. On arrival, the wind was blowing from the north, down the length of ‘Club Lake’ onto the smaller ‘Spring Willow Lake’. In all, there were eight acres of water to have a tilt at. Despite the water clarity, the low winter sun and wind-ruffled surface ruled out any sight fishing. I commenced with a #7 intermediate, and within half an hour I had a take but ‘bumped’ the fish, which didn’t return for another go. I changed flies, kn...