I went to Bromswell Lakes today for a change. It was a very windy but warm day, with hardly anybody there. I started fishing at about 2.30pm and almost immediately caught a hard fighting, but tiny, Mirror carp., which heralded the start of many missed bites, snapped lines, tangles, and snagged fish.
The lesson I have learnt is that they may be small carp in this lake, but they are angry. You need at least 10lb line, including the hooklength, check your knots regularly, and have lightning fast reactions. It was very frustrating that I only caught three carp in total, but was very enjoyable and action packed. Weirdly, nothing touched the ledger rod all day.
