At long Last

I returned to my favourite concrete hole in the ground, life seems to have conspired against me and its been too long since I wet a line. I picked my spot in a quiet corner and dropped a bait in each margin and the middle rod about 25 yds out. other than a few twitches all remained uneventful.
Around 6 in the evening (it was an after work session) my old pal Cliff turned up and we had a long chat about this and that as you often do on the bank. Finally he said he'd show me a secret spot. It was around 2 foot off the bank on the sloping bottom and a few yards from where I'd been fishing. In addition to the new spot I tied up some fresh rigs using new Fox Arma Point hooks and Korda Kickers to give the hook a more aggressive angle.
Almost immediately I had a couple of pasties on each rod before finally connecting with a 15lb common from my new secret spot. It was a relief to say the least to put a decent fish on the bank.
In the mean time Cliff had put 4 doubles on the bank caught off the top in half the time it took me to catch my common.
Amongst some of the things we discussed was hook sharpening, I'm now on the lookout for a hook sharpener and jewellers eyepiece . watch this space.