Getting the needle & Stella is in hospital

A couple of weeks back I took a pair of Stella's in for a general service & to my dismay heard back from the shop that one was unwell & needed to visit Dr Shimano, well fact is one of them needs new internals (oxidisation big time) & is in hospital but she should be home soon. Anyways, 100 Euros repair for a reel I bought last year, but my fault entirely as it went deep under water as I got knocked over by a wave early this year which incidentally killed my camera & mobile phone too grrrrrrr.

Ive been restocking on a couple of bits and pieces recently (getting ready for September really) & thought I would pick up a couple of needle lures & grabbed a couple of Super Strike Super "N" Fish in white & blurple.

These things look like they will cast a mile - I will be changing the hooks though (see below - the hooks that have been clipped to fit on a swivel without a split ring - popular way of mounting heavier hooks in America I'm told).

Anyways off to the shop to get some new line spooled ....

That's all folks.....

Dorset Silver.......

Here are just a few pics from a recent Dorset run - the conditions were borderline with strong winds making casting any distance very difficult (20 - 30 yards if you were lucky) but the water was clear so we were pretty confident..................

We started off well & the fishing kept pretty steady for an afternoon session through till dusk when we decided it was time to call it a day......

Next day turned out even better with us all taking a few fish (DFR man Richard even popped over to join us and had 4 or 5 fish in as many casts as soon as he got there).

All in all some fun fishing & am really looking forward to visiting again in September, when I will be dragging Rob Staigis from Wolfsbarsch.com over for for a few days to meet up with the guys.

Tight Lines People!