The Fishing Season starts for me at Heronshaw between earth-moving sessions as an historic agreement between Yeltzin and Bush reduces the I.C.B.M's of both super-powers by a massive two-thirds
I had left my curtains open and was awake around 5.00am with the sun bright and the weather fine. I dressed quickly, made a cup of tea, and then went down to start fishing. It was not long before I managed to catch a couple of fish on bread paste but then the breeze got up and I went inside for a wash, shave and some breakfast. Back to the earth again. I was grading the foundation for the new boat-shed and levelled the ground at fifteen inches below the tops of the foundation piles and that process took most of the morning and afternoon. A trip to Wroxham for supplies and some seafood for tea and then more shovelling and fishing this evening.
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The old boy who normally fishes Ropes Hill Dyke opposite me was here for the first day of the season and had a much more successful day than I. He caught some eight roach and rudd to my three and then had a ten pound pike live-baiting to boot! He correctly judged that the quieter spells for bites were due to the presence of this predator. News today started with the story about the release of the last two western hostages - two Germans- but when they failed to appear, the lead moved on to an historic agreement between Yeltzin and Bush that reduced the I.C.B.M's of both super-powers by a massive two-thirds. The participation of England in the European championship is being overshadowed by our hooligan fans. Today started warm but ended up very fresh and cool with a north-easterly wind.