It was back to Viaduct for the last in the Tony Rixon Float
Only series. I have missed two matches and so well out of any league coin, so I
could take a more relaxed approach to the match. This proved to be convenient
as I pull peg 80 on Carey. The Lake everyone
(except Bela) wanted to avoid as it is fishing below par at present. I have a
bit of history with this peg the last time I fished it I really enjoyed the day
so although not a pole peg for Carp I was thinking of an out and out Silvers
attack. A way I could get a days fishing – hopefully. I really didn’t expect to
pick up coin as there are only two Silvers payouts and pegs 124 and 125 on
Campbell have been fishing exceptionally well for Skimmers.
I set up the Ronnie rig, a 4x12 jolly to be fished over to
the spit at 11.5 metres, a 4x14 jolly to be fished out in front at 10 metres
and finally I set up a paste rig to fish over the out in front line for any
Carp or big Skimmers.
On the whistle I fed some CW&C up against the spit and started
on the paste over a few micros. I started on paste because it’s a good tester
of what’s in the peg. If there were Carp about I would soon know and if not the
small fish would be nibbling away at the bait. First put in I hook a carp which
fooled me in to thinking it had ran out in to the Lake only to find it was
under my pallet - I eventually lost the
fish breaking my float. So on with another paste float to find the nibblers had
arrived. So a switch to the soft 6mm pellet with kindered micro which started
to produce a few hand size Skimmers, with a smattering of pounders. After an
hour the swim started to fade with Ronnie’s arriving to torment me, so the
awaited switch to the spit with worm which produced a quick response, but only
from 2-3oz Ronnie’s. That it then out with the Ronnie rig for the rest of the
match.
With two hours to go a bank walker said that pegs 24 and 25
were catching Skimmers with 20lb estimated as top. Umm, not quite there yet, but
within striking distance, so I am now feeling I am in a fishing match, which is
what it’s all about for me. I worked hard over the next couple of hours
catching Ronnie’s, Hybrids, small Skimmers and Perch. With forty five minutes
to go the swim went quite, until I hooked and lost a big Perch which blunted my
Middy hook (back to the 808 me thinks). I lost another but smaller one next put
in – then I changed my hook! In the last twenty minutes in became difficult
because my pint of casters was running low.
I was one of the last to weigh in and I needed to beat 26lb
14oz for coin. I was optimistic, but fell 3oz short weighing 26lb 11oz. Still
it was a memorable day, especially as I was third in the section with an all
Silvers catch.
The Silvers was won by Steve Evans (pictured lower right) with
30lb 11oz from peg 125. Steve caught Skimmers to 3lb using hair rigged hard
pellet fished over hard pellet at 7 metres. I was please for Steve as he is the
Gimp (the back room boy) of the league left to work out the points and pounds
and ounces - not always fully apprieciated by league anglers, certainly can’t leave anything like that to Tony Rixon. Thanks
matey.
Full Result:
1. Tony
Rixon 246-13-0 peg 115
2. Shaun
Townsend 231-06-0 peg 135
3. Joe
McMahon 197-03-0 peg 123
4. Phil
Harding 186-02-0 peg 112
5. Neil
Mercer 175-12-0 peg 111
6. Tom Thick 136-0-0 peg 76
Top Silvers:
1. Steve
Evans 30-11-0 peg 125
2. Martin
Rich 26-14-0 peg 124
3. Mike
Nicholls 26-11-0 peg 80
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