It now official that Tony Rixon will be starting at Veals
Tackle shop in the New Year, apparently as Tim Pallant’s Gimp!!
Bela was out on his “Office Christmas do” yesterday so I
fetched his van round my house and picked (sorry scraped) him up this morning. Unbelievably
he still managed one of Karen’s big breakfasts.
It was a Christmas Match today with a £25 price tag.
However; the price did include a meal after the match.
When Andy announced that he was paying one in each section
of 4 or 5 peg sections i.e. no Silvers I was a tad disappointed as I had come
set to fish for them. My fault I should check before I book in.
In to the draw coffee tin and out comes peg 37 which is
facing east on the end of the island. It was a reasonable draw as at the start I
had the wind and rain off my back. The venue had been fishing very hard so I
stuck by my guns and fished for Silvers as I usually get disrupted by the Carp
on most days fishing this way. So it was just the one rig a 4x14 jolly to be
fished at 11 o clock.
At the off I started on single dead fluro maggot over
kindered micro/Pinkie. It took half hour to get my first bite a 3lb Skimmers. I
had two more Skimmers over the next hour. The wind picked up and swung round
slightly increasing the steady tow against significantly, making the jolly not
man enough for a while. We are always looking for reasons why things change but
after this I didn’t get another bite even though the wind subsided - that was
my lot even though in the last hour I increased the feeding hoping for a Carp
or two. My Silvers weighed 7lb 6oz which happened to be the best Silvers weight
on the day.
The match was won by Dick Young (pictured right with his
Grandson Josh who came third on the next peg to Gramps – using identical
tactics) with 8 Carp for 51lb 14oz from peg 22. Dick caught a Carp first put in
on the pole using maggot over some GB. Dick then switched to maggot on the
straight lead to add another seven Carp.
I must say credit today goes to Karen for providing a great
roast dinner with a delicious Chicken and Leak pie with five veg plus a first for me - Mulled Cider. The tables
were all set out with flowers and candles giving a certain ambiance – pictured lower right.
Full Result:
- Dick Young 51-14-0 peg 22
- Chris
Cottrell 46-04-0 peg 11 (
- Josh Clarke 42-10-0 peg 20
- Mr. Magoo 33-11-0 peg 33
- Si Davis 33-11-0 peg 29
- Paul Dressler 30-0-0 peg 31
Weigh Sheet:
2 comments:
Rumour has it they got a vacuum cleaner with Tony's name on it.
Should be amusing.
Good wording Mike,rixon starting at veals,instead of rixon WORKING at veal, wonder where he's going to stand for 8 hours a day.
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