AFTER A LOVELY CHRISTMAS WITH THE FAMILY WE GOT STUCK IN TO THE HEAVY TASK OF NETTING BEATTIES,THIS PROVED TO A LOT TRICKIER THAN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE NETTING SUMP WAS NOT SILTED UP, BUT THIS TIME WE HAD GO OUT IN THE MAIN LAKE AND RETRIEVE 11,OOOLBS OF FISH. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE FISH IN THE NET WAS FOR STEVE FORSHAW AND MYSELF TO LIE ON THE NETS THE WHOLE 150YDS BACK TO THE SUMMER HOUSE TO KEEP THE LEADS DOWN AS THERE WAS TOO MANY FISH IN THE NET. WE BOTH FOUND THIS GOOD BONDING TIME , AFTER MY WINTER LEAGUE PERFORMANCES HAVE NOT BEEN UP TO SCRATCH WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOW I COULD IMPROVE BEFORE BEING DROPPED.
THE HARD WORK WAS WELL WORTH IT AND THE FISH ARE SETTLING IN WELL, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SPRING AND SUMMER.
MOST OF MY FREE TIME IS TAKEN UP WITH JOE WHO HAS A BALL GLUED TO HIS FEET,HE JUST LOVES HIS FOOTBALL AND MAN UTD. MAYBE WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS UP WE WILL GET A POLE IN HIS HANDS.
THE TWINS ARE DOING REALLY WELL AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE INHERITED THIER MOTHERS LOOKS!!