BLANKING OUT

Fall season, although a great carp fishing season, for me, it is also a season to reflect. How was my year? What were my ups and downs? What are my lessons learned? Positive or negative, I always analyze, draw conclusions and set new goals. Long time ago someone told me, to learn from my own mistakes or even better from mistakes of others, although true, easier said than done. Probably one of the most difficult experiences for me is to analyze my own blanking out. I realize that no matter how good I am and no matter how well I know the water, I will blank out at some point of time. Accepting this fact is very hard for me personally because I just don’t know why I blank out. If I knew the answer, accepting this fact would probably be a lot easier.

CONCRETE JUNGLE

Fall is a beautiful season, when leaves change color from green to yellow and yellow to red, when temperature keeps dropping and when animals start to get ready for winter. Although, change in the season is visible all around us, I have decided to enjoy this amazing part of the year and spend it outside, fishing. With lower temperatures of the air, temperature of the water drops and fish starts to feed more vigorously in the anticipation of upcoming winter months. It was a beautiful Sunday, with temperature a little over 60 degrees, clear sky and mild wind. For this trip I have decided to get away from beauty of the fall and go right in the heart of the city, the concrete jungle. Canals, buildings, roads, and bridges all covered in melancholy of autumn; gray, cold, with no life.