Garden fishing

Tom and I have been fishing in the garden all this week. About 30 minutes a day. We have used all of our three carbon fly rods and have compared the actions between them. #5 and #6 line on the little Blazer and the Vision reels respectively. We're using a 6ft leader and a few strands of red wool for a fly.

I was showing Tom the basics of fly casting and we set out a tape measure on the grass at about 25ft. We extended it to 30ft when the technique was working. We're casting between and under trees so we have to be careful on the back-cast. We've only lost one bit of wool so far into the trees so it's not a disaster.

I'm casting about 50ft without problem and we're both hitting a 5cm x 5cm mark perfectly most of the time (when the wind is not gusting). Tom at 25ft to 30ft and me up to about 50ft. I can't go further due to hedges and trees.

We both have an ache in our right arm and red palms on our hands.

Next stop the soccer field up the road...