Today saw the start of the Viaduct Silvers League and with
46 of the top Silvers Anglers in the South West (and some over from South
Wales) fishing it was going to be a very competitive series. However, I think
we have started the league a tad too early because the Carp were sure to be a
bloody nuisance to all anglers. The weather forecast promised rain all day and
they didn’t disappoint.
I was hoping for a draw on Carey, after a breakfast in
Woody’s with “Two Chews” Bakos it was late into the draw bag and all the last
four of us drew on Lodge, with me on peg 62. It wasn’t one of the pegs that figured
in my pre-match thinking, or one I would have chosen. But that’s fishing and we
have to make the most of the draw. Looking at the pegs in my section I was anticipating
a second in the section as I didn’t expect to beat peg 59 which is also an end
section peg.
Looking at the water colour it was quite clear a good Ronnie
colour. So I choose not to fish GB but focus on the messy business (CW&C
which because of the rain made it more messy than usual) and caster. So the
first rig was a 4x14 Jolly to be fished at 6 metres with either caster or the
messy business. Next was my Ronnie rig to be fished on the top set with single
caster over loose feed. Finally I set up the 4 metre whip in case it got hard.
It was about now that Clayton Hudson decided to throw
himself in to peg 66, but only after landing on his number 8 section, which did
make a resounding crash. Luckily mate Bela came to his rescue lending Clayton
one of his spares.
I started by potting in CW&C at 6 metres at 10 o clock,
but started fishing on the Ronnie rig and started to catch small Ronnie’s.
Looking around the Lake it was soon obvious it was a slow start, so I was please when I had two
1lb Roach and one 2lb Hybrid in consecutive casts - happy days – not - the next fish was a double
Common Carp which broke my top two into two - Chinese fighting sticks. So it
was out on the CW&C and was soon into another good Roach. Next put in it
was another big fish; however, this time I played it until I confirmed it as
another Carp, then hand lined it on the elastic until it came off.
Back on the Ronnie rig and another run of small Ronnie’s
until the Carp arrived. It was impossible to feed caster without attracting the
buggers. What made things worse they were disrupting the Silvers, making the
Ronnie bites very iffy. After trashing the Jolly rig on yet another big Common
Carp using double caster over the CW&C line I went out on the 4 metre whip
and had a decent run of small Ronnie’s, it wasn’t long before I was playing yet
another Carp which was very interesting on the whip as it took a while to
determine the species. The upshot was that I hooked ten big Carp and weighed in
16lb 10oz of Ronnie’s – unfortunately with no Skimmers. As expected peg 59 won
the section, however, I was disappointed not to beat the Monk swim peg 64 where
Barry Fitchew weighed 21lb. I ended up with 3 section points.
The match was won by Phil Cardwell (pictured right) with
56lb 7oz from Lodge peg 70. Phil caught most of his fish on CW&C fed
through his kinder pot, feeding about 1 pint casters and a MP of worms - Phil didn't "buy his fish" - well done matey. In fact most of the framing weights were caught on the
messy business.
Full Result:
1. Phil
Cardwell 56-07-0 peg 70
2. Tim
Pallant 54-05-0 peg 80
3. Steve
Kedge 44-05-0 peg 125
4. Stuart
Barnet 43-14-0 peg 100
5. Paul
Green wood 41-01-0 peg 77
6. Don
Sutherland 33-15-0 peg 97
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