Week commencing 12th May saw the arrival of a party of ten anglers who had booked Roseau large lake on an exclusive basis.
Saturday morning saw them parked at the main gate waiting in anticipation of the weeks angling ahead.  I hurriedly walked up to open the gates to our guests and a whole new week.  Back at the lodge we said hello to Keith, Peter & Linda, Derek, Mark, James, Mel, Fred, Ben aka Skuba Steve, Ady and king nosh Chris.
We commenced with the formality tea drinking exercise, with the exception of Mark who cracked open a 1664, and why not, his on holiday! I walked them all around informing them of areas to fish, depths etc.  Luckily for me the group had drawn for pegs prior to coming so it was a simple task of getting the kit to the relevant pegs, once sorted I left them to it until dinner that evening.
Dinner time arrived and to be honest the group looked like they could have stayed in the bivvy’s for the night.  That aside they arrived with greeting smiles and lots of enthusiasm, the Spag Bowl went down a treat and they soon headed back for some much needed sleep.
38lb 12oz mirror carp
38lb 12oz - caught by Ben
Unfortunately that didn’t happen for some as the fish were hungry and fed from the off – Keith taking a big Common of 40lb 13oz within hours of setting up, well done mate!
The fishing was good considering the weather we had during the week with rain, sleet, sun, you name it we had it, over the course of their week they landed;
* 2 x 40’s
* 18 x 30’s
* 90 x 20’s
The boys really enjoyed it as they had previously had a bad experience in France.  To see anglers enjoying themselves on their annual holiday comes as a great pleasure to myself & Dave and makes the hard work we do here at Roseau more satisfying.
It was a great pleasure in having the group here with us, we both thoroughly enjoyed their company and hope for a return one day.  Thanks for a great week boys.
A special thank you must go to Linda for her swift reaction to an incident earlier in the week, I’m sure if Linda’s actions and experience was anything less this lake article would be completely different, thanks Linda.
Tight Lines, Roy, Head Bailiff
Fishing France at Roseau