Today it was off to Emerald Fishery to be fished on Ruby
Pool these matches are ably run by Mike Jones. I travelled with the “Reluctant
Winter Angler”, and after a decent breakfast in the Hilltop café it was off just
down the road to the draw. The BBC weather girl Carol had obliviously
overstated the conditions putting off a number of the anglers booked in.
In to the draw bag and out comes peg 9, which was the top
end near side. There were only two pegs on this side because the wind was
blowing into this bank. Arriving at the peg I was encourage that down wind (RH
side) there was some stick-up Sedges. I thought this would hold some Silvers. However, Dave
Bacon who was the only other on this bank and had drawn my peg the last match said the Sedges were full of branches and snags.
Nevertheless I set up the Ronnie rig to fish along to the
Sedges with caster over caster. Because the wind would make this rig difficult to
fish I also set up a 4x14 Jolly which was far heavier than I would normally use
in three foot of water, but needed it due to the conditions.
First cast on the Ronnie rig produced a small Carp, I
usually catch a Ronnie!!. I did have a couple of Ronnie's over the next few casts. However,
after landing a few branches and twigs I put the Ronnie rig down to never be applied again.
I spent the next 4 hours fishing the Jolly out in front at a
distance of the top set plus one. I had a run of small Carp before I managed to
get a few Ronnie’s – my target fish. These fish are difficult to catch on this
pool which I suppose keeps me going after the blighters.
I tried various hook baits - soft pellet over the kindered potted caster and
micro and dead red. However, any soft bait
only resulted in unhittable bites from Motherless Minnows which I had ten or
more in the landing net every time I landed a fish. I think feeding micro
didn’t help the cause.
For the last hour I added another section but this time only
feeding neat casters which did keep a few more Ronnie’s coming plus the
occasional accidental Carp.
I finished the match dry, warm but muddy. My Silvers weighed
8lb 4oz (pictured upper right) for first in the Silvers and my accidental Carp
weighed 34lb 12oz for an overall 43lb for a match third.
The match was won by apprentice Coffin Dodger (pictured right) who will
become fully fledge next Sunday! Tony Rixon won with 46lb 4oz from peg 4
catching long down his peg to the right using hard pellet (that stops the
Motherless) – see his blog for further details.
And the reluctant angler finished runner up on the day with
8oz more than me (pictured lower right with his runner up catch).
Overall an enjoyable day out plus a very close match.
Full Result:
- Tony Rixon 46-04-0 peg 6
- Glenn Bailey 43-08-0 peg 4
- Mike Nicholls 43-0-0 peg 9
- John Bradford 39-08-0 peg 8
- Rich Coles 33-03-0 peg 1
- Pete Turner 32-02-0 peg 2
Top Silvers:
- Mike Nicholls 8-04-0 peg 9
- Mike Jones 5-12-0 peg 5
Weigh Sheet:
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