May 21st 2026 @ Meon Springs
The weather gods were kind to us (no rain) with a beautiful summer morning but a bit too bright for trout fishing as the trout head for the deeps on sunny days. The day did not start as planned due to our guests being seriously delayed by traffic and other elements beyond our control, plus the guest numbers were lower than usual and the mentors had all arrived by 08.30 as requested. A simple case of Humans plan and God laughs.
It was decided that after refreshments and rolls the mentors could use the down time to have a quiet fish or practice other casting skills or sourcing fish where they had gathered.
The guests duly arrived and after the H&S intro were paired off with mentors and headed for the waterside. Fish were coming to the net quite quickly, so I had to man the scales rapidly – a pleasant task for me.
Fish were caught consistently throughout the morning, and several 4 fish bags were recorded when we stopped for lunch.
The lunch was superb as usual (see pics) and the guests were very complimentary on that subject. The banter throughout the day was unending and many thanks were passed to the caterers, fishery staff and mentors from the guests as they said farewell.
The winners tankards were presented to tumultuous applause and the usual ribald and good hearted comments mostly unprintable.
-Biggest Bag went to Jitesh Gurung. Mentor Tim Mundy.
-Biggest Fish went to Kym Webb. Mentors Phillipa and Richard Winser.
-Smallest Fish went to Sury Gurung. Mentor Richard Noscoe.
It is pleasing to note there were no blanks which speaks volumes of the mentor’s skills putting guests onto fish on what was a challenging day.
My sincere thanks to those mentors who did not have a guest but still assisted by sharing one thereby enhancing the broader skills being passed as none of us who mentor fish in the same manner.
Another good day in the annals of FFF.
Thank you all!
Bill Howell Founder.
It was decided that after refreshments and rolls the mentors could use the down time to have a quiet fish or practice other casting skills or sourcing fish where they had gathered.
The guests duly arrived and after the H&S intro were paired off with mentors and headed for the waterside. Fish were coming to the net quite quickly, so I had to man the scales rapidly – a pleasant task for me.
Fish were caught consistently throughout the morning, and several 4 fish bags were recorded when we stopped for lunch.
The lunch was superb as usual (see pics) and the guests were very complimentary on that subject. The banter throughout the day was unending and many thanks were passed to the caterers, fishery staff and mentors from the guests as they said farewell.
The winners tankards were presented to tumultuous applause and the usual ribald and good hearted comments mostly unprintable.
-Biggest Bag went to Jitesh Gurung. Mentor Tim Mundy.
-Biggest Fish went to Kym Webb. Mentors Phillipa and Richard Winser.
-Smallest Fish went to Sury Gurung. Mentor Richard Noscoe.
It is pleasing to note there were no blanks which speaks volumes of the mentor’s skills putting guests onto fish on what was a challenging day.
My sincere thanks to those mentors who did not have a guest but still assisted by sharing one thereby enhancing the broader skills being passed as none of us who mentor fish in the same manner.
Another good day in the annals of FFF.
Thank you all!
Bill Howell Founder.
