The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Wouldn't catch me sleeping on the floor like that knowing how big the rats get at Redmire!!!

I use a bivvy or 'day' shelter but always leave the front door wide open. I tried sleeping in the open in France on what promised to be a dry night. It wasn't. I got soaked and bitten more than sixty times by some nocturnal insect monstrosity.

Last time I went night fishing, I slept on the ground in a sleeping bag for a couple of hours (no line in the water at the time). Not too bad. Just took the edge off. I needed it. A 3 day 2 night session. Can't be bothered with anything like that these days

I set up my canvas bivvy in winter conditions tucked back in the swim, but set up an umbrella and usually stay underneath it on my old bed chair, watching the stars, listening to the sounds of the night taking it all in. As Yatesy would say "Earthing the current"