Peg 1 First shot of 2015

I arrived late in the evening it was early spring and i was itching to cast a rod after 9 years out of crap fishing. I had all my old gear even old bait from back in 2006 that had seen better days. I had purchased 2 new rods in the mega sale from ID closing down pretty much the only thing that i had purchased along with some pellet for pva bags and one pot of FFC popups from The Bait Shed. I set up and put my first rod in the gap between two islands and was happy that it landed perfect. My next rod i cast just to the left of the island next to some overhanging trees i had my net ready and landing mat all setup. My friend Matthew arrived late to keep me company as i was staying over night we set the bivvy up and got things sorted then the wait was on for a bite. Nothing really happened we seen a few fish moving around the islands but nothing seemed interested i tried loads of different baits that evening and settled on a perfectly balanced bait of ffc and aromatic fish then got my head down for some shut eye.......... I was then awoken to a screaming alarm at around 2am i shot out of bed slipped on mud and nearly broke my coxis on a rock happy days.. I grabbed the rod and lifted in to a good weight i was lucky the fish had came out the snags and in to open water after a short fight left and right the fish graced the net. A lovely Common Carp of around 13lb i never had scales with me as my nephew had left them in scotland from out last fishing trip so i had to guess the weight. A few pictures later she was back in the water and off she went in to the darkness. Re-bait and back to sleep then awoke again by a few beeps of the alarm could only mean one thing a bream!!!! reeled in to find a decent bream around 7lb quick pic then off it went that was my lot for the night. I had forgot how good carp fishing was and i was well and truly bitten by the bug again!!!!!!