MARCH 19, 2024
LAST weekend I embarked on a task which I dread and look forward to in equal measure... the spring tidy-up of my fishing kit!
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As my carp tackle hadn’t been out much since last autumn I always fear what I’m going to find festering in a bucket somewhere and, with all the gear out of the garage and spread over the lawn, I invariably have to justify to my wife that every item is, of course, essential. And yes, invariably I will have to go to the tackle shop and get some more bits!
This is also a good time to sort out the gear I’ve been using over the winter and to give it a clean and a wipe-down before it gets relegated to the back of the garage again until later in the year.
The reels I plan to use over the coming months were all treated to fresh line, and I did a stock-take of various tackle boxes and pouches and made a list of all the terminal tackle bits and bobs that I’m running low on and that will need replacing soon.
The brew kit was treated to its annual visit to the dishwasher, and various e
