Monthly Roundup

     Hello everyone , 

                                At long last the heatwave has ended and trout are being restocked into the lakes and reservoirs. Chigboro Farm Trout Lakes were restocked on 21st September and I fished it with the charity Fishing for Heroes on 23rd and everyone caught fish.

      One new thing for me is that I have now qualified as a Coach Assessor for Level 2 Lead Coaches which means I will be travelling around assessing new coaches. It was quite a long and involved course but very interesting.

      I have been putting prospective clients off for the last few months but now the weather has changed I am expecting a big influx of people wanting lessons again.    

      I have had a visit to Scotland this year, in June I was fishing an International in Ayrshire on the River Ayr and unlike down south it was quite cool and heavy rain during the afternoon of the second day of the match. I was in the actual  England PFFA squad this year and on day one had the best bag of all the National teams but unfortunately the second day was a disaster losing three fish at the net. In May I was at the Clewyedog in Wales at a National and was representing my Region. It was blowing a "hooley" and it rained most of the day and found no shelter but caught a few but not enough to get a placing.

    In April I was up on the River Tees in Co. Durham competing for a place in the EPFFA England team. We had snow, sleet, rain, wind and sunshine with very cold conditions but I managed to come 6th and secure my place to fish for the 8 man squad in 2027.   

    Tight Lines everyone.      

 Iain Fraser. AT Angling Lead Coach, License Number 1274.