The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
A friend made me one of these wonderful rods using Chapman's cane. It is an absolute joy to use and yesterday I had a fine catch of Rudd, no roach in this lake, and had great fun with common carp up to five and a quarter pounds. The commons looked like wildies and fought like them as well.