Preperation

So I have a 48hr session planned for October at Oxlease Lake on the Richworth Linear complex in Oxford. This is a session that will be following on from the marshaling at the UKCC final, I am thinking that this lake sees so much pressure all the time that a weekend where only 14 anglers are on the lake should have them moving about quite confidently with me then flicking a few rods out on the Sunday till Tuesday.

Now I've never been on Oxlease Lake and have no idea on what the bottom is like or what features there are to fish too so for the main part I can't do a massive amount of prep on the lake itself. All I can do is make sure my gear is ready. So I have been rummaging through my tackle bag and trying to condense the amount of crap I have in there! It's amazing how much gear you collect over the course of a season. I have managed to acquire 4 Spombs! (Thank you Mr n Mrs Spomb!) A few marker floats from margins around lakes. An old torn groundsheet for that "just in case!" And other odds and sods! So a lot of it has gone into the shed for when its needed.

So today after sorting through the bags and car boot and getting the rods in their sleeves built up and ready I made a few rigs up for my session. As I have (at this moment) decided to go for a spombed area with a pva bag on top of it then I made some short KD rigs for my small pop ups and balanced tigernuts. But as can always be the case anything can happen and I have enough gear in my tackle box to cover everything. He says hoping!

Anyway with more tubs of hook baits than I probably need and plenty of particles and plastic baits I think I should be ok. This is a session I really am looking forward to. I also have a good book with me just in-case!