Merry Christmas Mr Price. Alders Farm Fishery.

Well todays little jaunt promised to be something of a slightly different nature with no actual fishing involved. I had been contacted a few days earlier by Ray Best of GOT Baits  to see if I could lend him a hand with a bit of a cloak and dagger mission.

So a 3 hour journey of hellish proportions due to fog and road works on the M1 saw me pulling into the car park at Alders Farm at around 3·10pm to meet up with Ray and his wife Maria.

The reason for all this? Well……. The lads that are sponsored by Trevor Price’s company GOT Baits  had a whip round to buy Trevor a new seat box, to say that his old box had seen better days is an understatement (and that’s being diplomatic about it)
Ray had sourced a new Matchbox Pyramid and Stax System complete with graphics, and we thought that we may as well get some photos while it was pristine as it probably will never look as good again.

The object of the exercise was to surprise Trevor with it after the 3rd round of the Winter League that was being fished today, which explains why the 3 of us were hiding in the car park slowly freezing this afternoon.

How cold was it? Well…… even a Robin flew into Maria’s car to get warm.

 Around 4pm Ray popped down to the Pump House next to the Match Lake to make sure that every thing was in place, and a phone call 15 minutes later confirmed that the coast was clear as I made my way down the hill from the car park with the kit in the dark, illuminated by a full moon.

Tea and hot minced pies were being served after the end of the days match and Trev didn’t have a clue till he was presented with it, and then he was genuinely lost for words.

It was a truly great moment to see one of Anglings Nice Guys on the receiving end for once, after all the support that he’s given his sponsored anglers and various angling websites and charities over the past seasons.

Congratulations Trev, it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving fella.