Having put in months of carping it was refreshing getting all my kit sorted for Pike fishing again. I haven't done any in a few decades but even so I didnt think much would have changed, after all it's not like carp fishing is it?
Late Autumn on the Woolpacks lake 7 can be much like spring. Hot and sunny, cold and wet and all on the same day, even the same hour. Conditions though were good at the beginning of November 2016 with the weather fairly settled so with dead-baits in the cool bag I ventured forth :-)