What a drop in temperature from yesterday which was 17 degrees overnight and today barely making 10 degrees – can only happen in the UK. Then there was the persistent rain from twelve onwards. However, can report the Halkon Hunt clothing does what it says on the tin!! By the end of the match those of us that had the North Westerly blowing in to us were bloody frozen.
I really didn’t mine which peg I drew pulling out peg 36. This is a corner peg full of sedges. Mark did his usual rounds and informed me that he hadn't seen any Skimmers come off the peg, but it was a good Carp peg winning the weekend match with 100lb. So what do I do – fish for Silvers for most of the match and got it wrong - duh! I fished red maggot at five metres under a 4x16 Jolly and managed a lowly 5lb 10 oz of Silvers and 40lb 6oz of Carp. This wasn't good enough for any coin – seventh overall and third in the Silvers. Had I done the right thing and fished for Carp all match, I am sure I would have framed sufficiently to pick up at least some "day out money".
The match was won by Tony Rixon (pictured right with some of his catch) from peg 25 with 159lb 9oz. As this wasn’t a left hander's peg I think he should have redrawn – peg 36 would have been more suitable. Tony caught shallow on banded hard 6mm pellet at both 11.5 metres (to the left) and 13 metres out to the right of his peg.
The Silvers was won by Matt Tomes from peg 19 fishing maggot in the margin catching a few Roach and Skimmers.
Full Result:
- Rod Wootton 93-03-0 peg 46
- Derek Cullip 90-06-0 peg 11
- Chris Davis 71-10-0 peg 41
- Edie Wynne 57-04-0 peg 54
- John Dursley 52 07-0 peg 22
Top Silvers:
- Matt Tomes 7-05-0 peg 19
- Martin Alexander 6-0-0 peg 49
Finally - Bad news about the River Trent with massive pollution from cyanide and sewage. So far it has effected 13 miles of the river with a heavy fish kill. The pollution if moving down to Burton Joyce and the Golden Mile. - lets hope they find and prosecute the people behind this.
1 comment:
Mike, why would you fish for silvers on such an out and out carp peg? If you had used your loaf you might not have been Rixon fodder!
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