Salmonhutch Lakes, Crediton.18th Aug 2010
Dad had promised me a bit of fishing at some point in the summer holidays......he was really hoping that we could go to his syndicate water in Devon for a few days, but apparently they have changed the rules there and I'm not allowed to go with him. I was a little upset as I really wanted to go there, but dad reckoned there was somewhere else he could take me.

On Monday we packed the car with all our kit and drove down to Salmonhutch lakes in Devon. There are three 3 lakes on the venue and each one is slightly different. Unfortunately I was again not allowed to fish for the bigger carp as juniors have been banned from the Island Lake, their specimen pool.
Never mind I'm just happy to spend some time with my dad and do some fishing. We went around the lakes and it was really busy.....most of the swims were taken on the next lake, this only left Western Lake which the lady who owns the venue assured us was the same as the other lakes with some biggish fish in it too.
We got the gear out of the car which we were allowed to park right next to the lake. This was great for us and meant dad didn't have to lift anything far. The gear is heavy and a bit too much for me on my own....we both unloaded the gear and got set up in a nice spot at the end of the lake.

There was a great little stream outlet on the far side of the lake which we placed a rod each near and we threw some of dads mixed boilies from the freezer at home and a few handfuls of mixed shape, size and colour pellets.

Dad suggested we use fluorocarbon chod rig's which he showed me how to use. We attached a bright coloured pink pop up to one of my rods and a yellow pineapple one on dads rod. The reason we used chod rigs was that the margins of the lake are quite silty and the leads were bedding into the bottom when we cast out.
Dad said that the chod rig is great as it flies up the line away from the silt and sits just off the bottom. Dad used chod's on his other 2 rods and I used one of the special 'Goji Berry' special boilies we made a while ago.

I really enjoyed using my new rods and reels that dad got me a while ago. I have 2 Terry Hearn 2lb 9oz rods and 2 shimano baitrunners too. Dad also gave me some buzzer bars and 2 Delkim alarms as well.
The Goji boilies worked really well and I caught 2 of my fish on these. I love the smell of them too! The pink pop up caught me a nice common carp of 9lbs and dad had a little mirror on one too.....Dad also had a small common on the Goji specials too. Think we might make some more of them soon!

The weather was fairly warm by day but cold at night and there was quite a bit of rain too.... I really enjoyed the fishing and caught 3 fish in total. Dad had 2. We're hoping to go fishing again next week just for a day as dad reckons there's a good little lake near home where we can catch quite a few fish in the day. Can't wait, really excited about going again now.
See you all soon.
Tom