Kaleidoscope skies

I pitched up once more, three hours before high tide on a grey breezy morning that threatened rain. Not a nice summer day but conditions I welcomed as I hoped it would keep the beach quiet. Despite the weather there were already four anglers fishing before me but all were spread out and I managed to set up pretty much where I’d intended, with space enough to be the anti social git that I am. I was fishing by 1020, exactly three hours before high tide was due, starting off with two rods both fishing pulley rigs, baited with crab or squid. The sea in front of me was grey and lumpy with noisy waves rolling in, not too rough for Rays or so I hoped but far different to my last visit. For once I’d brought a third rod with me on which I intended to leger the leftover ragworm from my previous go for Bass. I’d bodged an attachment onto the tripod on which I could prop the rod but realised I could clip on a bell and lean it on the shelter which would space the lines out more. I delayed casting…