Will – July 2008
48 Hours at Etang Baudy
The fishing at the barrage has been dire lately, and I felt my angling was well and truly in a rut as a result fishing the same peg in the same way for days and weeks on end. Add to this the sweltering summer weather and my impending return to the UK in September, I felt a few nights under the stars on a new venue would be the perfect salve. My search online brought me to Etang Baudy, owned by English couple Wally and Jan Holder. From the off, the lake looked unusual - the pictures on the website showed a lake in a relatively urban setting instead of the usual tree-lined banks. Despite this, the owners’ insistence that this wasn’t a runs water and my nagging suspicion that the lake was actually much more mature and secluded than it looked, were enough to persuade me this was the venue for me. On arrival, the lake looked great and as Wally and Jan walked me round and talked me through each swim I was getting good vibes about the session. The weather was overcast for a change, in fact I had driven through some heavy drizzle to get there, and amongst the lilies and islands I felt sure I’d find a fish or two. Some of the swims looked very ‘carpy’ indeed, but when Wally referred to the unfished end of the lake, my appetite was wet: that instinct to strike out and try new things could be indulged again, and I was soon boating my gear across the lake into swim 2. READ MORE..... |