After a flying start breakfast (lets hope we draw a flyer too) at the local ASDA with Bob Warren it was off to the draw arriving in plenty of time at 08-45 an hour before the draw.
With 31 anglers booked in, it wasn’t a question of which pegs to put in but the three to leave out. In hindsight it should have been 23, 20 and 12.
In to the draw bag and the floppy draw tickets and out comes peg 29. Last year the pegs along this bank into the thirties were good draws, however, this year for some unknown reason they haven’t produced yet. That said I am happy with most of the pegs in today (except those mentioned above). For company I had Dave Gillard on peg 30 and Jones “the waggler” on peg 28.
I set up the usual Skimmer, Ronnie and paste margin rigs. The latter not being used as the carp will not come to the margins at present due to the water clarity. I started on the Skimmer rig at 6 metres potting in 50/50 caster and wetted 2.4’s, with 3mm expander on the hook I missed a bite first put in on the drop (this was to set the scene today). After 30 minutes I decided to put in some CW&C on this line and switch to the Ronnie rig with caster. I missed a good few bites before I hooked and landed a 1lb Roach, followed by two more 12oz specimens. That was it except for a couple of 3oz Ronnie’s. Out on the worm and unless I caught on the drop the float would just sit there with no indications. I adjusted the shot to fish on the drop and kept casting around the swim which kept a few Skimmers to 2lb coming but it was very slow. Looking around most Anglers I could see were also struggling. So I kept on this to the end of the match, catching only three Perch on the bottom. With 15 minutes to go I hooked and landed an 8lb 13oz Carp, also on the drop. My Silvers weighed in at 20lb 4oz which was the Lions share of the 29lb 2oz. Luckily this was good enough for 2nd in the Silvers and third overall.
To say it fished strange today, is an understatement.
The match was won by Bill Ferris (pictured right with his catch - courtesy of Ray Bazeley) with 60lb 13oz from peg 16. Bill had a good few Silvers and five Carp all caught fishing maggot over maggot on his top set.
The Silvers was won by Rich Coles (pictured right with his catch) with an excellent net of Skimmers weighing 36lb from peg 24. Rich caught on maggot over maggot/worm and pellet.
Full Result:
1. Bill Ferris 60-13-0 peg 16
2. Rich Coles 36-0-0 peg 24
3. Mike Nicholls 29-01-0 peg 29
4. Mike Jones 21-04-0 peg 28
5. Andy Shields 18-01-0 peg 4
6. Pete Greenslade 17-12-0 peg 1
Top Silvers:
1. Rich Coles 36-0-0 peg 24
2. Mike Nicholls 20-04-0 peg 29
3. Bill Ferris 15-01-0 peg 16
4. Bob Feltham 15-0-0 peg 7
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