Getting ready to go fishing paperwork, paperwork, paperwork

Hi and welcome to my blog.  In this blog I will be talking about my family and our fishing experiences.  We are a family of five.  My beautiful wife kirsty who is my everything, My daughter Aoibheann  (pronounced Eve-Ann) 3, My daughter Kahlan (Kay-lan) 1 and my son Parker 4 months.  I am in the process of getting all the necessary bits and bobs ready to take my eldest daughter fishing for her second time.  She is going to be four in October.  You probably think I am crazy taking a three year old fishing but for me as long as I have the right mindset it should be fine.  I just need to remember that each time we go I may be there for only an hour.  The key thing for the next few weeks is going to be making sure Aoibheann has a good time.


The first time I took Aoibheann fishing was back in March and to be honest it was a bit of a mistake it was way to cold for her although she still had a good time even though Daddy forgot the chairs :) so we had to sit on a log lol.  We didn't have a bite or even see any fish but she liked being out in nature.

For the next trip I have started the process of rejoining the local angling association which for us is the Newbury Angling Association.  My wife and I used to be members years ago and they have a good selection of silverfish and carp lakes as well as stretches of various river/canal banks around Newbury.

My daughter and I had an entertaining time when I went to the local Tescos to have my photo Id's taken and I paid for some extra ones of me and her :).

 

I heard back from the NAA club secretary confirming that I would need a photo Id for Aoibheann for her as well so back to Tescos we went and had some more pictures taken of Aoibheann.

So at this stage I have secured my Rod License and we are just waiting for the NAA memberships to come through.  Whilst waiting on these we have popped into the new Angling Superstore in Newbury Experience Fishing.  I have to say the chaps in there are really friendly one of the chaps even let Aoibheann sit in one of the bivvies watching Peppa Pig on his Ipad whilst I could look around :).  This was probably to their detriment as she wanted me to buy one of everything lol.  I got a few bits from the shop and we headed home.

I have ordered a few bits online from Angling Direct unfortunately the pole I ordered for her and myself was out of stock but should be back in stock in a few days.  I bought the Middy White Knuckle Whip for us both which to start with she'll only use the top sections.  I think with her being so young a rod and reel might prove a bit problematic.

Hoepfully within the next week or two I will take her fishing.  I am hoping our passes for the NAA come through and I will take her on the weekend.  I am going to take her to Alders Lake at the NAA behind the nature Reserve in Thatchum which is a silverfish lake.

Once we know when we are going I will knock up some ground bait at home with her ready for the trip.  I will make sure she has some binoculars and other bits to help keep her occupied if we struggle to catch anything.

Currently I am looking for some way to keep track of her fishing history I was thinking some kind of database but I may just blog it on her behalf or knowing me probably both :). 

I will post an update soon..