Sep 2008

Great week for Chris Garfoot...., 1st Sep

Hi All,

Just to let you know that the channel tunnel was kind to us for our return and we are back on home soil. (Bridget - Thank you so much for the telephone call to warn us of the problem - If you would kindly let Francoise know we are back and thank her for her generosity and hospitality.)

Vincons; We had the place to ourselves and enjoyed the fishing tremendously. The use of the lodge as well as the cottage was great and meant that all the gear was stored overnight in the lodge and we had somewhere to lunch.

A big thank you to Steve and Shaun for all their guidance and tips; I can now say I have taken my PB from 14 to 27.5 lbs..yippee!!!! Thanks for having confidence in me Steve.

The catch:- 5 - Commons up to 27.5 lb (photo attached) 4 - Mirrors up to 24.5 lb (photo attached) 6 - Tench up to 6.5 lb. The Methods:- 27.5 Common - Float fishing with a quarter of a Rahja Spice boilie on a plain no.8 hook. Other success included catches on a helicopter rig and a pva bag rig, some using Liver B8 boilies and some using Rahja Spice but both using matching maximum action pellets in the bags which worked wonders. Particles were also cooked every night and used, but were not as crutial as the max action pellets. Boilies were very often doubled up with an artificial sweet corn tip.

The biggest problem - first fish on the first day broke the landing net. Even though it was patched up it was never the same but it just got us through the week. New one required I think!! Artu and Uno made there daily appearances to find out what was going on and they were good company.

The lake would be better if you could get to the far bank in some way as there were two or three occasions when fish disappeared over to that side because of the weather conditions. Apart from that the sport from the lodge, together with the left hand bank up to the dam wall was good. I wonder what next year will bring?

Once again thank you from a very chuffed person.

Kind regards and tight lines.

Chris Garfoot

Jul 2007

A big thank you!, 1st Jul

Hi Bridget,

A quick note to let you know that we had a very enjoyable time at Vincons last week despite some atrocious weather. I thought the location and lake were fantastic and we certainly had no complaints about the lodge.

All members of our party managed to beat their PBs although none of us broke the 30lb barrier and the week ended with over 2,500lb of fish between us. Having been to France a few times before on fishing holidays, everyone claims their lake will offer you a fishing trip of a lifetime.

On this occasion, the fishing (and accommodation) were for the first time exactly in line with my expectations and I applaud your company for such an accurate description of the lake and facilities.

We will definitely be booking our next holiday with you!

Regards, Robert Ward