It was that cold my ring froze


Posted on December 31, 2008 - Filed Under Fish, Fishing

I had arranged to fish over the Christmas break with Phil , I have fished in extreme weather but today was as cold as I can remember . It was that cold my ring froze on the rod every second cast even a couple of times on the retrieve I even struck once !! We decided to visit Mere Beck a mixed fly fishery , by mixed it’s a still water with flowing sections and I was quite impressed even the odd nip from the hip flask that melanie got me for Christmas could not keep JackFrost at bay . Even tying on the flies was a task , hands numb eyes watering making the simplest task hard. I had sort info from a fellow blogger and got to meet him and his Grandad on the bank. Phil struck first , we started off with small natural presentation a move to a big pink lure did the trick for Phil ,he the went on to tell me how only skilled anglers could catch on such a hard day. I switched to a lure, a ”Cat’s whiskery thingy” and was soon into a nice Blue Trout I lost it under the rod tip but it warmed me a little . A little Brownie followed before I finished the day with two Rudd . The Cats thingymebobs can be seen on the second one , quite a mouthful for a small fish. The two Rudd got me thinking on Friday I’m off to the upper Ribble , I have said for a while I may fish a team of nymphs on the pin below a stick float so thats my aim , hope to post a good result if I survive the Arctic like conditions .

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It was that cold my ring froze

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