Goldenloch may 23rd –week 21-2016
Goldenloch
May 23rd –Week 21-2016
So the fishing even although it has improved massively over the past week or so, has days of hardship now and again, yesterday Sunday saw it tricky ( although one person had 14) and the weather, very changeable, swirling winds, blowing hot and cold, so it was no surprise that last night the fishing got tricky again, however there are fish rising and feeding everywhere, its just impossible to find what they are after and trying to match it with, with something in your box, last night 5 anglers were having a good night time, lots of tugs and pulls and a few fish caught, then KAAPOW a massive thunder clap, an instantaneous bolt of lightning and 5 anglers all got an electric shock, one slightly more than the others, my son Gavin who just happened to be watching actually saw the lightning forks and the whole sky light up, with every one then running for cover as the ensuing hail storm pounded down, which lasted a few minutes, on discussing with the anglers all had felt the electric shock run through their bodies and one lad more than the others had a pretty good fright, so much so that he had flung his rod into the loch, these incidents are very rare but frightening, last night the lads had absolutely no warning, but it just demonstrates to all the need to be wearing the correct clothing and again last night we were lucky in that all were wearing proper fishing gear, as for the fishing rod that got thrown into the loch, well it is a highly conductive carbon fibre rod an Ariel for want of a better word, or even a conductor and one of the errant bolts of lightning, just happened to find its way down via this appropriately wavy thing that was vertical in the air, the good thing is that no one was hurt and that the fishing picked up after this storm had passed, this incident also shows that the need to have someone on site is a must, we take fishing, angling very serious and are always watching the water, things happen very quick and there must always be someone responsible on hand.
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