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This winter & spring is getting everyone down… rarely have we felt so depressed and it\u2019s no wonder is it? \u00a0The meaning of the saying \u2018under the weather\u2019 suddenly becomes clear.<\/p>\n
We can\u2019t enthuse ourselves to get out of bed at the moment, never mind getting our heads around the fishing where in normal circumstances we would be on the bank side, feeling the spring in the air & listening to the Buzzers going off. \u00a0We are faced with snow again this weekend and simply long for a few weeks of consistently better weather.\u00a0 The season in France has had a relatively poor start, with extreme elements of the weather affecting the fish feeding. There have of course been exceptions and intermittently we have had some cracking catches of notably big carp. Well done in particular to Wayne Naylor who landed a 67lb Mirror at Laroussi<\/a>.<\/p>\n I can recall last year when the fish were on the feed very early in February and early March.\u00a0 Temperatures were up and the sun was shining, what a difference this year.<\/p>\n So what do we have to look forward to<\/b>?<\/p>\n Well it looks like better weather news for next week for all those lakes around Le Mans and in Normandy! \u00a0And also it\u2019s looking up on the Eastern side too near Reims. Temperatures at night will still be low, but I must say as the weather does start to improve there will be some mighty hungry carp around so the first few weeks of good weather should mean potential bumper catches.<\/p>\n Long Term Forecast\u00a0 –\u00a0 Le Mans<\/b><\/p>\n Low<\/b><\/p>\n Wind<\/b><\/p>\n Cloud Cover<\/b><\/p>\n Visibility<\/b><\/p>\n 24 Hr Precip<\/b><\/p>\n Sunrise<\/b><\/p>\n Sunset<\/b><\/td>\n Monday Partly Cloudy<\/b><\/p>\n 47%<\/b><\/p>\n 8 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n -2 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 13 mph ENE<\/b><\/p>\n 34%<\/b><\/p>\n 10 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.1 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:52 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:20 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Tuesday Sunny<\/b><\/p>\n 51%<\/b><\/p>\n 6 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n -3 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 16 mph NE<\/b><\/p>\n 15%<\/b><\/p>\n 10 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.0 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:50 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:21 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Wednesday Sunny<\/b><\/p>\n 7%<\/b><\/p>\n 7 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n -4 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 18 mph NE<\/b><\/p>\n 0%<\/b><\/p>\n 10 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.0 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:48 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:22 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Thursday Sunny<\/b><\/p>\n 40%<\/b><\/p>\n 7 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n -3 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 12 mph NE<\/b><\/p>\n 0%<\/b><\/p>\n 10 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.2 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:46 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:24 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Friday Partly Cloudy<\/b><\/p>\n 10%<\/b><\/p>\n 9 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n -1 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 10 mph ESE<\/b><\/p>\n 48%<\/b><\/p>\n 10 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.1 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:43 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:25 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Saturday Patchy light rain<\/b><\/p>\n 10%<\/b><\/p>\n 9 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 6 \u00b0c<\/b><\/p>\n 14 mph SW<\/b><\/p>\n 41%<\/b><\/p>\n 9 km<\/b><\/p>\n 0.8 mm<\/b><\/p>\n 06:41 AM<\/b><\/p>\n 07:27 PM<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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So hang on in there… It\u2019s been a long time coming, but the season is about to get jump started, and whilst your wet weather gear is still a must have for early April, it will be more than made up for by what you can achieve on the bank as the water temps rise.<\/p>\n