Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wave a magic wand and make all of life’s responsibilities disappear? All those long hours spent working, running errands and chipping bullet-points off the to-do list would suddenly be available to open up to new fishing opportunities and endless possibilities: that long awaited session chasing a particular species, the club match you’ve been meaning to get to, or the exploration of a new venue that you’ve been planning to fish.
Unfortunately, life seldom follows even our “best laid schemes”, leaving us with the need to compromise and re-tread old ground.
Following the easing of what had seemed the incessant rain we had endured of late, my wife, daughter and I grasped at every available opportunity to venture out in an attempt to soak up some of the watery winter sunshine. Despite the
