Hello from Deepest Norfolk

[Silfield]

Hello folks,
I joined last night after a long time of reading the forum posts, fascinated by the wealth of knowledge that the members have-decided it was time to take the plunge!
I started fishing at the age of 8 when my parents upped sticks from the East End of London and moved to a sleepy village near Cromer in Norfolk. My first ever trip Dad took me fishing to a small stream near Blickling where we caught a couple of Brownies-years later I discovered that we had been poaching! I have subsequently visited the same spot and it is as idyllic as I had remembered all those years before.
Through the years many of my fishing mates have joined the 'fishing arms race' and i noticed that most had lost a lot of the passion for fishing, I think, because of this. Being a bit of a Luddite at heart and have a passion for all things old I decided that I would go against the flow and revert back to proper fishing. I have been fly fishing with an Allcocks Princess (I think) for a few years now and have just brought a Sealey Octofloat to restore over the winter that will hopefully be my go-to rod for the following seasons.
Being a mechanical engineer by trade I do enjoy the challenge of buying basket cases/ barn finds and restoring with a view to using them as it gives such a sense of achievement- a bit like catching your first wild trout on a home made fly.
Tight lines.

Ian.

[Bobthefloat]

Welcome aboard Ian

[Pallenpool]

Welcome Ian to the TFF.
Peter

[Tom]

WELCOME!

[Mark]

Welcome to the forum Ian.

[Tengisgol]

We have at least one member in your neck of the woods and I fish on the Wensum a bit, where do you fish nowadays?

[Dave Burr]

Welcome to the forum.

[Martin James]

A very warm welcome

[Eddy Pools]

Hello Ian, welcome to the TFF

[Silfield]

We have at least one member in your neck of the woods and I fish on the Wensum a bit, where do you fish nowadays?

Hello,
Up until a couple of years ago I had been concentrating on trout on the fly but having caught a few chub and tench whilst after brownies, I got a real yearning to course fish again. I am always looking for a nice spot to fish but haven't been back in the saddle long enough to have found my Valhalla. I have fished a couple of day ticket stretches on the Wensum and love the river but so much of it seems to be off limits! Rockland's Mere is another water that I enjoy and has some lovely Crucians. One of my son's has started to take an interest in fishing with cane so to try to nurture his interest we have been mainly sticking to good old fashioned mixed fisheries where you don't quite know what is going to bite next.