Having a Gander.

Day 1

This weekend has been a long time coming and one I've been looking forward to, it's the weekend me and Steve check out the waters on our recently joined club, Godalming Angling Society.

This is the PERFECT club for us as were not Carp focused and although I do enjoy Carp fishing I would much rather wet a line for Tench or Crucians, so this was the only club for us.

I picked Steve up about 8am, no rush, and drove straight to Apollo Angling on the Marsh Farm complex, mainly to ask some questions about the rules to make sure we stick to them as some were not straight forward.

After clearing that up we set off around Marsh Farm, Coffee in hand (as I forgot mine this morning and I don't function without it) on walking around Harris another angler pointed out a huge quantity of Tench spawning in the corner, what a great sight and there was some real clonkers there too.

As we have fished Marsh a few times we only had a quick lap then headed out onto Johnsons lake which is just behind, the railway bank was shut due to maintenance work so we headed off the other direction, and what a lake,  I can see why there is a lot of hype over this lake, not only does it now have a British record Crucian Carp but it's a truly stunning lake, snaggy bays, weed beds, islands it had it all, beautiful. I had a note pad with me to make notes of areas of interest or information off other anglers whilst walking around, mainly because I have a very bad memory.

Next on the list was up the road to Busbridge Lake,  which took a bit of finding, once in through the locked gate we walked up to possibly the most stunning lake I have ever seen, just perfect, lilies in most swims, tree lined, well kept but just the right amount of neglect to give it a natural feel.

We spoke to the only angler on the lake who was also a new member and very impressed, he had caught a 5lb Tench too, which was nice. I can't wait to fish this lake.

Next on the run was the main Carp water called Broadwater lake, this is a public park lake which seems to get very busy for anglers and dog walkers alike. It's a really nice looking lake and although it's not on my priority list as there's other waters more my type of fishing it is one ill fish at some point.

Next up was a smaller lake called Bramley, a very picturesque lake with plenty of lilies and rushes in the margins.  The lake was quite clear too meaning in the shallow parts of the lake we was able to spot a few Carp milling about, as with Busbridge it was a nice quiet lake with only 2 people on.

I love walking around lakes, whether its whilst at work on a lake I will never fish or a lake I fish all the time just being waterside relieves stress like nothing else can.

The day drew to an end and I was still hyper about the following days activities, walking the miles and miles of River Wey

Day 2.

I picked Steve up about the same time as yesterday and we headed to Johnsons to see if we could have a look along the railway bank, but this time there was a match on, so we headed for the River.

The River Wey is stunning, we walked so many miles in total, and it has literally everything the river angler could want, deep sections, shallow sections, slow and fast, from Barbel to Carp. Although some sections were a little hard to get to there was a lot to go for.

By the end of the day all I could think was how I was going to get enough time to fish all this river, but I'm sure somehow ill manage. I was also thinking how much my feet were aching.