The fixing of the Libor rate (London Interbank Offered Rate) affects us all, and is one of
the underlying influences that have put the Country in to recession. There is no
doubt in my mind that we are just scratching the surface on such issues and
hopefully we haven’t heard the last of taking these greedy bastards to task
through the courts. Bob Diamond and his likes should already be banged up –
whether he did or didn’t know – but I think he did. I know they have cost me a
lot of my retirement income as well as many hard working fellow countrymen
directly or indirectly – bastards!!
Back down to Woody’s café for breakfast and a good one it
was too, especially the sausages.
Bela was ahead of me for the draw and had picked peg 119, he
was over the moon. I wasn’t that sure and thought how unlucky he was as peg 120
was in so it was a question of who had the most wind cover between the two pegs,
it wasn’t Bela!!
By the time I got to the coffee tin there were three pegs
left (I will have reduce the amount of pre-draw chatting I am doing) 111, 131
and 125. I would have been well pleased with 135 for the Carp and 125 for the
Silvers. I pulled peg 111, OK, but is opposite peg 130 (my doom peg). Peg 125
would have been my choice today as the Silvers have been around this peg –
luckily for me not today as the Silvers had an off day, probably eating the
eggs from the third Carp spawn of the year. I found my self between two Carp
crunchers – Andy Bryant peg 112 and Martin McMahon peg 110.
Two rigs, a 1 o clock paste rig at 6ish metres and a RH
margin paste rig – job done. On the whistle I fed a pot on Micro on both lines
and started on paste at 6 metres. Amazing in seven put in I had seven decent
Carp – was I going to empty it – not as it all slowed up, well not exactly the
fish moved up off the bottom and I had a frustrating hour losing foul hooked
Carp, trying all sorts of feeding patterns to get them down again.
Bugger it, in to the margin and after catching one small
Carp, a tiny Skimmer and two Tench I hooked a 10 pound Common Carp, which, when
during lifting it out in the landing net tipped me and my box off our legs and
I nearly ended up having a swim!! That would have caused a right laugh. I then
hooked one of those mental Tench which left me going for a walk along the
margin to retrieve the remnants of my rig. That was it for the day.
Back out on the 6 metre line which I had left alone and I
had a run of Carp all blowing at the paste. I then hooked a Common Carp which
found a Willow
The match was won by Bathampton Finest – Shawn Townsend
(pictured right with the Silvers winner) with 192lb 12oz from upper spit peg
128. Shaun caught on hard pellet over pellet.
The Silver was scraped home by John Bradford from my favourite
peg 116 with a mere 19lb 12oz. John caught on CW&C.
Bela chucked 50lb back and probably runner up in the Silvers
weight – Dad always told me to always weigh in.
The overall winner today was Avon Angling with seven
pole and landing net breakages around the Lake . I gave Martin
McMahon a red card for pole abuse breaking his twice on peg 110 giving him an
early bath.
Full Result:
1. Shaun
Townsend 191-12-0 peg 128
2. Dean
Malin 165-15-0 peg 135
3. Craig
Edmonds 139-08-0 peg 120
4. Paul
Elmes 136-12-0 peg 127
5. Tony
Rixon 115-04-0 peg 123
6. Phil
Harding 110-04-0 peg 129
7. Mike
Nicholls 107-11-0 peg 111
Top Silvers:
1. John Bradford 19-12-0 peg 116
2. Craig
Edmonds 15-04-0 peg 120
3. Edie
Wynne 13-12-0 peg 126
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