Rhyl and Everywhere: Wind up.

Use ‘em or lose ‘em holidays


Tuesday 24th March

Rhyl,
in Front of “The Pipe” Low up for a couple of hours Tuesday Afternoon.
Monday’s high winds meant there was no shortage of smashed shells on the beach, though quite a bit of sand was missing, revealing newly exposed stumps and rocks.



Still blowing quite hard from the SW and the tip was in constant motion.

A decided nod followed by a good rattle had the adrenalin kicking in but
all that came back was a not-telling lug and a whisper of weed around the sinker.



Colder than I expected, the wind was picking up again and rain arrived.
Decoyed by last week’s sun, doing without the floatie trousers was a bit rash and as a soaking looked likely I headed home for a toe-warm.



Wednesday.Too windy.
Miserable


Thursday 26th am
Wind well up, forecast isn’t good, wound up and needing a wind down I ignored the rain
and headed down the A55 carwash for

Caernarfon -where the rain was just passing.

Set up in the lee of the Victoria Dock development, just about on the top of the morning High .



A 3 rod assault!
Bait: lug, mack, saury, squid (annoyed with myself I hadn’t sorted out some rag)
and a 1 inch dexter wedge sent fluttering down the rip



Tried everything from big baits down to slivers on hooks down as small as a size 12 on 4 lb line , even the crabs weren’t home.



Took a lunchtime look at,
Dinas Dinlle


Scenic, but a full on wind in the face and the ebb didn’t look worth trying , doubt I could have cast far enough into the wind to be in with a chance





Thursday afternoon
Holyhead Breakwater

Via Winnie’s worms for some rag,



First bend looked to offer the best compromise between shelter and a fish




Fished from the driving seat an hour before Low up into darkness.



One bite, no fish






Friday 27th

Still a bit too windy???

Top report Paul..



Went down to splash point today for a walk with the Goodlady, never seen it like that before.

Ive taken some pics, i'll send them through to Mike, maybe he can put them on.

An awesome sight Ian, the power of the sea is not to be messed with.

But some people just don't know what is in front of them, one guy was standing about a metre from the railings and his young son of about five was running around by the railings away from his dad, one big wave and it would have been all over. Idiot.

ian40nw wrote:

I know exactly what you mean steve,seen the same thing a number of times over the years.Those kids will grow up and have the same attitude towards the sea as the stupid parents they were with...................and so it will go on until one gets into trouble

Yes your right mate.

Great report Paul !

What a great week off. Apart from weather scuppering some of your plans, it sounded great fun.

Have you got that tiling finished yet ?

fairziff wrote:

Great report Paul !

What a great week off. Apart from weather scuppering some of your plans, it sounded great fun.

Have you got that tiling finished yet ?

Still a bit to go under the appliances Mike! ...then some grouting...then some architrave to hide the bad bits!

Notbad wrote:

fairziff wrote:

Great report Paul !

What a great week off. Apart from weather scuppering some of your plans, it sounded great fun.

Have you got that tiling finished yet ?

Still a bit to go under the appliances Mike! ...then some grouting...then some architrave to hide the bad bits!

Take your time and do a quality job.
No point in rushing these things

fairziff wrote:

Notbad wrote:

fairziff wrote:

Great report Paul !

What a great week off. Apart from weather scuppering some of your plans, it sounded great fun.

Have you got that tiling finished yet ?

Still a bit to go under the appliances Mike! ...then some grouting...then some architrave to hide the bad bits!

Take your time and do a quality job.
No point in rushing these things

No danger, it'll be a couple of years yet!