It seems that every year the season gets shorter and shorter and the list of stuff that I want to do gets longer. This year has been particularly hard as I just discovered my thyroid has gone kaput and has been that way for quite some time – I now have a reason as to why I hate the cold so much however thankfully one wee tablet a day should fix me right. It transpires that one of the symptoms is a lack of motivation and zest for life – I can confirm that my usual enthusiasm for life has been lacking as of late with not quite the same get up and go attitude to my fishing.
However, over the last few weeks I have been feeling like a new man – no aches and pains, feeling warmer and with a lot more energy. I was down at the inlaws and took a wander down to a wee burn that runs through a local park. This is the same burn that I fish further downstream and is most definitely classed as “urban”. I have not fished my usual wee bit downstream after it was wiped out by some guys catching wee trout for Pike bait.
I remember several years ago (later on I worked out it was around 11 years ago) gazing at a the above little run and spotting trout rising and always wanted to catch one of them – call me cruel that I want to hassle a wee feeding trout however the casting looked tricky and there is something about catching a trout a stone’s throw away from an Indian Takeaway and a bus stop that gets my heart racing.
What I have been planning to do all year is when visiting the inlaws take my tiny 6 foot three weight and walk down and catch that trout and hopefully some of its friends. However what I realize now is what has stopped me is my motivation and energy levels due to my defunct thyroid.
Still, onwards and upwards n’ all that – roll on the fly tying season and maybe this year I will get out for some pike action!