Tuesday 8 December 2015

Drennan Cup on the Horizon?.


 Ever since I was a child learning to fish with my father I have always had a relatively competitive outlook to my fishing, this was natural owing to two brother's who also fish and we are very similar age, we used to try to better each others PB's over most species that were available and although this was good banter between us at an early age I soon became detached from the competitive side of angling and have adopted a more nomadic style of fishing and spending many hours just thinking on how to improve my catches and indeed sometimes just to catch.

 It may seem I catch just about every time I go out and invariably that does happen but it's not without having to tough out times when it seems the waters are devoid of fish although I know it's not the case. But of late I have struck gold with the capture of some magnificent wild river Roach, my all time favourite species and to catch such rare specimen's is testament to what our rivers can produce should the condition's and many other variables be in your favour on the day, I will always maintain that location is half the battle won with large Roach.

 Having caught these specimen redfin's I thought why not send them to the AT and see if I could win a little something, last month I won my first Drennan Cup award and £80 richer, snazzy baseball cap and pin I thought "that's good init", so upon catching my season best of 2.10 the other week I thought I'd send the photo in and see if I could get in the rag again, low and behold I got a text from a mate last night saying congrats on another award, I thought "oh shit", I honestly hold no expectations at all about anything like this but to now have 2 awards this season and it's only December the ever competitive drive that I've quelled over the years is threatening to breach it's walls, I don't want it to be a campaign to try and get more but I intend to fish the waters that I want to fish and if it happen's then absolutely brilliant, I would be elated beyond description but I will enjoy my time on the bank regardless as to whether I'm catching or not, that's always been my outlook and will never change.

This week's issue. Boom.

8 comments:

  1. Nice one James and well deserved. As you say the best months to come, make hay and all that.

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    1. Thanks Mick, many blanks or sessions with hardly anything to show for my efforts have been endured but things have been looking good of late, let's hope it continues, Chub now on the radar.

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  2. Go and get it. I told you once that I believed you were the best angler in this country and through IQ told everyone the same. Prove it, James.

    Because... there's no one to touch you right now. You make the most difficult things seem easy.

    Roach...

    And the easiest things seem difficult...

    Zander!

    You can't catch zander to save your life!

    Maybe they are your nemesis?

    Everyone needs one of those.

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    1. Zander seem to be my Achilles heel but intend to put that right, as for the Chub I am targeting a new PB over the course of the next month, if I can get a seven I will be very very happy for sure but I'm not going to force it, just put myself in the position to do it. As for the best angler in the country I am too modest to even envisage that, so I shall leave yourself and others to make that assertion, just happy to be out on the banks and fishing.

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  3. Congratulations James, and with a 7lb chub seemingly on the cards it could well be your year!

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    1. Thanks Brian, a seven is the benchmark, let's hope the giant Chevin want to play ball come Sunday.

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  4. Well done James, great effort. Fingers crossed for the rest of the season.

    You know what they say, "The more you practice, the 'luckier' you get", and no one puts more time in than you do.

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    1. Cheers!, I can only get out there and fish, the rest will just follow but yes I've had some bad luck and some good......balances out over the course of the season. But George you are welcome to pop down and fish the canal in the Spring, more than happy to go for a wander around the miles of canals looking for fish as I've said to Jeff, when the warmer weather starts to appear next year you're most welcome.

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