“ In fishing you can be shown how to cast, to set the hook, to maintain a tight line and play a Trout – but these are only mechanics and their mere implementation cannot be called fishing any more than vibrating air can be called music” Ted Leeson, Jerusalem Creek.
It was mid winter in 2012. The fishing club committee had arranged a week-end on a large stillwater, for us to see if we could help the hatchery there boost it’s brood stock with some hens and cocks. On the Saturday I enjoyed taking my good friend Win out on the canoe. Win had had a rough year, health wise, and I enjoyed the opportunity to help him “break the fishing drought” so to speak. Some of us took a few minutes to find our sea legs! The boat is stable in that it will never tip over, but it