.......Elinor - 30.04.11

A Complete Fisher social event that I gatecrashed just for half a day. It was good to catch up with those guys who I managed to speak to. But you always feel at these functions that there is an element of clickyness even though it was an improvement on the last one I attended here. Very bright sunny day, temperature 23.0C, with a moderate north easterly (11mph) blowing it was most comfortable to fish off the dam and with a point fly and a dropper on which I managed to catch one. Elinor is a fifty acre lake with an average depth of ten feet.

You can make out the cars and tents along the hedge in the background which was the CF village for a few days. Had another diagonally opposite again on a buzzer a bit later on. The boys seemed to all be catching and if there was anyone struggling effective help was being offered. Damsels, buzzers, sedge and crunchers seemed to be the order of the day. Wes turned up in the afternoon but had an awful journey - don't know how long he stayed for. As well as the bank and boats for hire float tubing is allowed.

Here is Rich (whistle killer) just about to set the lake on fire with his float tube a strenuous task in a wind but effective in catching fish.

This was a funny sight........

A father and son team both wading in their socks and long trousers to the right of me! Son is putting his shoes on over his wet socks. Not seen it before but the son assured me that it was OK and that all that was happening was they were getting wet. Asked them where they were from and was advise somewhere in the Fens - I guess that was the confirmation I was looking for.