about time

When i started this blog i hoped to have something to write in it but to be honest i've not had the time or the inclination to go fishing for the last couple of month's,3 short sessions with the kids on the canal yielded nothing apart from a tiny perch on a mepp's spinner.Anyway i decided i'd drag my carcase out of bed this morning,so i was up at 4.20.After 5 minutes i had a 4lber on one of my PB gliders in a firetail pattern,after this i had a few follow's that seemed quite interested including one fish with a dark patch on it's back that looked into double figures which is a good fish fish for this water,it's done much bigger fish for me but generally 4-5lb is the average.Moving along the bank to the next peg i changed to one of my secret weapon's a glider in clown colour i call the "fathead glider"this lure came about from a lure i made someone on the P+P forum a couple of year's ago,although i wasn't to sure of the original it caught a new lure caught PB for the lad it was made for at 16lb if i remember correctly ,and then his mate caught his PB on it at 18lb all in the same session.At this point i told him i needed it back but for some reason he wouldn't let me have it.Still not to keen on the design i changed the tail of the bait from the original and the "fathead"was born.However on this occasion the second cast resulted in an absolute thumping take which saw the fish go airbourne on the strike after short fight at short range i handlanded what proved to be the pike i'd seen in the previous swim,i cut the hooks and took a quick picture and she swam off no worse for wear.The rest of the session didn't result in anymore fish just a couple of missed takes so i was home for 8.30 then McD's for breakfast with lorraine and the kid's.