Sunday 2 February 2014

Sunday 02/02/2014 - Viaduct Winter League - Round Two - Campbell, Carey, Lodge, Match and Spring Lakes

After some excellent back bacon in the Globe Pub, Captain Bela went in for the draw and came back with a good team draw- again (pictured right).

I was probably on the worse, peg 13 on Spring Lake, but it has produced some Carp in the past mostly on the lead down to the corner. I must say my least favoured fishing method that said if that’s how you catch-em!

After getting some team bread slices and Hair rig stops form Bela, a borrowed 10mm Bread punch from Tim Ford and a lead from trigger who was on next peg 12 I had the main attack sorted. Because peg 13 is an out and out margin peg, cut-off from open water where there is little hope on any Silvers. So the only pole rig was a 0.15 Silverfox PC to be fished at 11.5 metres down the edge up to the boards with dead reds over maggot/caster. This didn’t produce anything.

So my match was all about initially fishing hair rigged three pieces of 10mm punched bread down to the trees in the corner. I was getting indications straight away from small fish tapping at the bread – I did have a few strikes in the hope it was Carp bites – but alas not. After 2 hours and nothing on the bread I switched to corn and unbelievably I had a tremble and landed a 3oz Perch!! Lee Werret (pictured right landing one of his six Carp) was opposite on peg 15 and was catch down his edge on maggot so I put a maggot feeder on with the purpose of feeding the peg (no other way was possible). I subsequently tried triple maggot, Bread and corn again, getting one liner 10 minutes before the end. That was it 3oz it was and 1 team point.

The weather once again was against us with another rare bright day, putting off the Silvers from feeding in any numbers.

Out team draw proved to be a good-un as we ended up 5th overall on the day with the rest of the team doing the business, lifting us off bottom place and above Avon Angling!!

The match was won by Nigel Easton (pictured right) with 119lb 12oz from peg 125. Nigel caught initially on the straight lead with punched bread then switching to the waggler with meat and subsequently meat on the lead. Nigel fed nothing!!

The Silvers was won by Adam Mitchell (pictured lower right) with 23lb 2oz from once again from in form Middle peg 37. Adam caught on the pole at 14. 5 metres catch Skimmers on maggot over Thatcher Gold laced with caster and dead reds. Adam also caught Perch to 3lb on caster down his margin.

Full Result:

  1. Nigel Easton 119-12-0 peg 125
  2. Steve Long 112-14-0 peg 78
  3. Dave Roper 105-10-0 peg 102
  4. Chris Davis 100 -09-0 peg 124
  5. Paul Elmes 87-06-0 peg 85
  6. John Dewberry 82-13-0 peg 64
Top Silvers:

  1. Adam Mitchell 23-02-0 peg 37
  2. Des Shipp 16-15-0 peg 68
  3. Nicky Ewers 16-01-0 peg 38
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