Fishing Books Worth Reading

Hi all!

I just wanted to share a picture of my Chris Yates collection (plus a few quality books by other great writers). For all of you who are yet to read one of Chris' books, I can recommend strongly doing that. Chris has a good sense of humor and his story-telling abilities are beyond my reviews. He also has a lesson for those anglers "who know it all" [at least I learned something].

One of these books has my name in it!

I share the angling philosophy Chris states on his books but I still love to use new tackle and technological gimmicks. A guy like me in his 30's isn't very credible using old tackle twice his age. For now, maybe I'll just be quiet and go a-angling.

First Trip of the Season

The time had come for the first trip of the season. I didn't keep my hopes up, as the time was quite early and I am yet again searching for a new lake. The odds were strongly against me, and despite my hard effort, (and reading Chris Yates' magnificent book "Nightwalk") I managed to blank 100%. 

Remember, dear readers, blanking is good. I actually cherish blanking sessions (if they remain on blanking streaks less than 300 hours). What I learned from the first trip of the season: it's never too early to start a season. I am not on the bank for the fish... I am there because of me.

The Prologic WUSB alarms worked nicely and they are actually quite durable. I didn't get my alarm song of "Ice, Ice, Baby" though. Yet it's worth every minute on the bank waiting for Vanilla Ice to start singing/rapping "Yo, VIP, Let's Kick It!". And on that moment, I'm definitely going to kick it VIP Style!

My Prologic WUSB 3+1 alarms with fender kits and QR hangers attached. Some might say snag bars are useless on tripods, but I reckon they are quite handy if the rigs are cast to either side of the tripod. They prevent rods falling off the pod on a screaming run.