Although my son is only a little one, his enthusiasm for fishing is great to see. With a couple of hours spare, I decided we would have a little bash on the local stretch of the Avon. I rigged up a cane with a cardboard fish attached to a piece of string, which was all he needed to replicate his daddy.
My fishing was obviously not a serious affair with me ledgering a boilie bait in a river carrying a bit of colour and some extra water following the wet bank holiday. It was pretty slow to be honest and a move was called for but a combination of sheep, stones and Pooh sticks kept us entertained. With nothing to report I started to pack away with my next job being to reel in. As I turned, a fish obligingly took the bait. The result was a Bream of around 4 ½lb. This caused a lot of excitement for my son which in turn now has him playing fishing every bath time. Hopefully, this has secured a helper for when I'm old and decrepit and need a hand to go fishing.
