I must admit i find it uncomfortable fishing in the heat such as it is now and i don't enjoy it.
When i did an over nighter the other week the bivvy felt like a sauna during the day.
Does anyone take a small electric fan with them?
I've just rigged up a power pack using a 30ah battery and an inverter with a usb and 3 pin socket.
Ok the battery is a few kilos extra weight to carry but costs way less than a ridgemonkey etc.
And the 9" fan runs sweet!

In reply to Post #1
Ditch the bivvy mate.

In reply to Post #1
I use a shelter with two large vents in back and it makes a huge difference when you have air flow through the bivvy.

In reply to Post #2
Exactly. My brolly doesn't even go up until I'm ready to sleep under it.

Before I've used a weighing tripod over the head end of the bed chair and then hung a mozzy mesh net from the hook and over the bed to stop the mozzies biting me,it worked a treat and very nice sleeping in the open.

I did take a brolly incase it rained but was no need for it 👍

The best bit about fishing in the summer is not having to bother with a shelter and sleeping under the stars.

Fish naked and take a swim if too hot.

In reply to Post #4
Ok but how do you shelter from the sun if there are no trees close by?

In reply to Post #8
Whack a hat and some lotion on bud. Tbh I rarely fish static in this kind of heat anyway, almost a complete waste of time imo.

In reply to Post #8
With a brolly, if it's hot, sunny with no shade just put the brolly up.

In reply to Post #10
Yeah i understand that.
Just wondering how Aidey got through the day by not putting the Brolly up until the evening.
I'd be like a BBQ'd shrimp covered in sweat without the shade of a tree (which isn't always available)!

In reply to Post #7
Maggots are banned!

In reply to Post #12
Waters warm enough not to worry.

In reply to Post #13
I think I saw that one of the tackle companies has brought out a bivvy fan, think it's trakker.

In reply to Post #11
A hat and sun tan lotion on the 1% of occasions I actually use it (wrong I know). In this weather, it's an absolute waste of time sitting there like a lemon behind 3 rods. Get the floater rod out and walk the pond. Much more fun.

If all else fails, trees provide cover (as you mentioned) and personally I wouldn't fish a puddle without any trees, so it isn't an issue.

In reply to Post #1
When i did an over nighter the other week the bivvy felt like a sauna during the day.

To me, an overnighter (90% of my fishing) is anything from 6pm to 8am, so the brolly wouldn't be up at all during the height of the heat anyway.

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Be careful what you wish for, if one of these “stars” does it that could be the in thing, beanie hat and bollox

I can see it now, spods are no longer thrashing the water to a foam, it's naked carp anglers

Both of my tents have mash panels in the back, always seem to get a draft, fantastic idea that

Or save yourself the pain, plan your fishing around bite time then your not sat around in this midday sun...

When I fished Rainbow it was one of the hottest weeks they had had for years it was 40c plus shade temps

so I went to a truckstop and bought a truckers 12v fan this run directly off my 40watt solar panel no problems and was a life saver


I never Blank ... I simply run out of time

I bought a makita fan that runs on 18volt drill batteries, to big to carry for an overnighter but for long sessions it's great, battery lasts 9 hours and you have the added benefit of the flow of air keeping the mozzies away.

Keep regularly soak a big bath towel and chuck it over the top of your shelter, Fished at Iktus in 42 degrees in 2013 and there were a few Spanish anglers doing this so I gave it a try surprisingly a lot cooler.

Typical Brits. .. 4 days of sun and we start complaining

Let your nose go pink and your crack get sweaty and enjoy it while it lasts cause it'll be raining again by the weekend

In reply to Post #20
I do exactly that with my cool box or fridge if its in the 30c range just keep dunking an old towel in the lake then draping it over

I never thought to chuck it on top of the bivvy good idea

Many years ago I got very badly sun burned in my bivvy and as far as I'm aware none of them are UV proof. During that trip I got talking to some Dutch lads and they used to sandwich a space blanket/foil blanket between the inner and outer when fishing on the waters edge (think 100's of yards between bank and water) of very large 'down' reservoirs abroad. I did use that method several times and it worked very well. I'm using a Tempest at the mo, last year it was so hot in France (40s) I really do need a rear vented tent at some point.

My hot weather wish now is a bait boat/bait shelter/roof port, pita bringing the boat out from under the bed every time.

In reply to Post #23
Last summer in the middle of the heatwave
I was bivvied up on top the flood bank of the Trent and my Tempest BIVVY with skull cap fitted was the coolest shelter I have ever had the rear vents were open and the front zipped off

and it was actually cooler inside than out a first for me

In reply to Post #24
Sounds similar to what I said below that Gerry, seems to pull drafts through them when the rear vents are open, cold back on a night though!

In reply to Post #24
Sounds good that G, I had wondered how effective they were

I was sorely tempted by the Bivvy but at the time was fishing day tickets and wanted the smaller footprint of the V2. As with everytime I buy a shelter, I slowly buy the 'additions' and then they stop it and bring out a improved version That leaves me at the mo with a unused Skullcap and extension & groundsheet...oh well!
I did enquire with Army andy about vents but left it there as wasn't getting out much.

In reply to Post #26
There are people that say vents dont do anything ? just cannot understand that ?

they can and DO ! make a massive difference no question mate