This is me at the legendary Waveney Valley Lakes back in the late 80's. As you can see the kit is old school with bobbins and needles. It could be a tough place to catch carp and lots of the time that I spent there was sitting watching motionless bobbins.
As you do when you get bored we started to muck about and this is a picture of me having a bit of a laugh resting my morning paper on my rods for a coffee table, yep we were that busy!
It was late october on this session and between the four of us we only caught one fish. I blanked, even though I was in one of Rod Hutchinson's favourite swims on G lake. It has good access to the old stream bed that runs diagonally across this lake and I can remember during the night beast's were crashing about over the area, but I never got a touch. I went away disappointed with myself for not having fished better and resigned to practice my technique on a local runs water. This is often one of the reasons I go to these places, to relax, have fun and learn. The next episode in the series 'A Carp Anglers Year' is all about this.
The following year I returned to Waveney Valley lakes and had my revenge.