Here we go again with another stay of execution for the nation’s maggots which are currently being spared a freezing drowning as maggot drowners stay away from the water, even if it isn’t frozen over. I’ve frequently wondered what happens at the fishing tackle shop at times like these when the growth of bait must begin to get critical, as must the smell. Of course nobody is going to get their bait and tackle out unless they are a) crazy b) foolhardy or c) copping immense amounts of money to do so. And besides, even if any of those scenarios were the case, the possibility of any fish feeding in these conditions is pretty slim.
The snow may mean that instead of venturing out into the rural areas with bait and tackle, that people pull the serious outdoor gear on and take the camera instead and take advantage of the wonderful scenes as despite the embuggerence to travel, once you get past that it is gorgeous out there. Anywhere there is a tree will look like it should be on a picture postcard. However, there is a problem, because the amount of the snow has caused the buddleia on my drive to fall which is very maddening.
I reckon that the only business being done at the fishing tackle shop this week can be for people shopping for prezzies for fisherman mates and family so that is most likely the positive side of what at any other time of the year would lead to bleak trading indeed. If it was me and it was anything other than Christmas week, I’d either be remaining at home or pulling on some sturdy boots, getting the camera and my little boy and getting out into the Black Country hills.
Another positive of going out into the countryside of course is that there is always the possibility of coming across a new location to drown maggots, perhaps a pond or lake that had hitherto avoided notice or a arm of a river that might offer a decent day’s sport. We don’t have many rivers in the immediate district close by here, though the Severn Valley is half an hour away, but there are many canals and a trundle down the towpath could be worthwhile if a location can be uncovered to take the bait and tackle in more temperate times.
We are being led to believe that this weather is odd but is it? This is what the winter was what we expected it to be like when I was a lad, though not generally in the countdown to xmas, but it was usual to expect it in January and February and these were the months when days out with bait and tackle were out of the question, and with the conclusion of the season coming anyway, from December to June I would very rarely bother to go maggot drowning and find something alternative, preferably warmer, to do instead. And this is what we should be doing; walk off the fat grown over the Christmas period, get out and discover somewhere new to go when maggot drowning becomes an option again.
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