Angling Lines blog

When we have guests fishing here, other than the obvious questions about tactics, the question asked most often is how did we start on the road to our dream.

I have long wanted to put pen to paper as they say and help others who want to follow us over here and so this is it… well at least a start!  The following views and ramblings are mine and Lesley’s view and no one else’s and we suspect others may have had different experiences, but this is how it happened for us.

Where do you start when think you might want to move to France?

Well the first thing to do is to holiday over here and visit the areas you think you would like to live.  Don’t even think about buying a lake… just enjoy the trip and look at the lifestyle, what’s in the area and is it for you. continue reading…

A really nice touch from the owners of Bletiere ;

Bletiere in its summer glory!

If you’ve been good enough to book your holiday with us this year we would like to offer the following service to make your stay even better.

If you have a special celebration happening while you’re here we’ll be happy to book a local resturant for you & drive you there and back so you can have a drink. We can order flowers, celebration cakes or any other special little thing you would like to give your partner while you’re here.

Just ask and we’ll do all we can to accommodate you if you give us a couple of weeks notice… & if it’s a secret then email us and we’ll do the rest!

Best wishes,
Lesley and John

As the summer seems to be coming to an end we thought it would be a good time to look back at the high and lows of our first full year, and what a great year for us it has been at Bletiere .

The Highs…

As expected the early weeks produced some really good catches with most parties catching up to 60 fish in a week. In that total a lot of high 30’s came out which was an encouraging start for us.

The first party we had in April started the year with a bang with Steve catching the lake record mirror at 39lb 8oz so the target for the year was already set at a high level with Lesley and I waiting for our first 40lb’er to come out. During the early months a lot of fish were caught and a lot of big catches were made by most groups. It didn’t seem to matter what bait was used, but very quickly it became apparent that the Quest boilies were producing most fish due to the amount going in as bait. continue reading…

by Bridget Keep
Being part of the Angling Lines team is a challenging but enjoyable job. We get to meet lots of new and many repeat clients each year… some of whom go on to be real friends and we also get the chance to share our passion with other like-minded people. We love this business because we are arranging holidays, something that we know people will enjoy – so I think we are really lucky in that respect. But I guess one of the most interesting parts of the job is the lake visits. Its important that we try to visit all our lakes on a regular basis – it gives us real perspective and updates us on changes so when we are talking to people we know exactly what we are talking about.

So it was that three of us headed out to France to visit around 13 of the venues including 5 new ones! Our first port of call was Genets, where we had been promised a big English breakfast to start the tour. Heathers breakfasts are renowned and we definitely needed the walk around the lake afterwards to get us moving again! Genets is a lovely lake and is going from strength to strength as the carp are growing on very quickly. The swims were in superb condition with the main bulk of the fishing from the wooded bank onto the far margins and talking to our hosts and the anglers on the lake everyone was very happy despite the unsettled weather, they were catching well. continue reading…