So with a early finish at work it was off home for lunch and a quick change into some wet weather gear as it had been raining since about 11 o'clock despite an overnight freeze. Arriving at the small Perch pond with the temperature at a sweltering 6 degrees, it had stopped raining and with my excitement building l tackled up at the car before walking down to the pond. The water was crystal clear so ideal for my task, with a quick dunk in the margin to wet the wool for a bit of added casting weight the first cast was made. There was a splash about 30 yards out which l was pretty pleased about with such a light spinner, I started counting it down then it dawned on me I could still see the red wool was still visible
yep you guest it the pond had a big sheet of ice across about three quarters of it 
So it was round to the Sunnyside of the pond where I found some liquid water and was able to have a few more casts with my latest acquisition which was the main reason for my trip to make sure the ferrules were good and tight before it gets a few coats of varnish. I must say what a pleasure the rod is to use,it has a lovely action to it and I'm sure that it would handle quite a sizable fish as well as casting light spinners.Not surprisingly didn't manage to catch but an enjoyable afternoon nevertheless and with the sun starting to shine the pond started steaming as I made my way back to the car for the the journey home.
