Two Pots driving today toTony Rixon’s Float only Practice match
at Sedges. We stopped at Hill Tops Café where we were joined by One Chew and
seven others fishing today’s match.
On arrival I noticed some anglers fishing on Tile which I
thought was the Lake we were fishing. Not
being an internet Socialite (also known as Ass Book) I apparently miss the
information that in fact we were on Brick
Lake
Eighteen fishing today so two empty pegs.
After the usual warm welcome from Denise and Jamie it was in
to the draw box and out comes peg 20 which is in the near far corner (if that
makes sense). It’s a strange peg in that it has won the occasional match, but
is often a phantom peg. Nonetheless with the wind blowing in to our bank at 1 0
clock I thought Carp would make a show today at some time of the day on the
paste.
Two Pots had draw peg 11 the end peg at the other end of my
bank. Big Pot had drawn opposite on peg 10 – the paste-end.
I set up just the two rigs – a 0.3 gram paste rig to be
fished at 10 metres to the end bank in ever sloping bottom set at 3 foot where
I could hold bottom. Next was a 4x16 Jolly for worm hook baits fished over
caster, micro and chopped worm feed. I plumbed at various distances from the
bank, but because the float was towing with the wind I settled on fishing it
short at 5 metres in 8 foot of water. The wind was forecast to be light, got
that wrong I was feeling quite cold whilst Big Pot sat shirtless on peg 10.
I fed the end margin with a big pot of hard 4’s followed by
a big pot of CWM&C at 5 metrres. Starting on the worm I had a small Skimmer
first put in followed by a Ronnie and another tiny Skimmer. I then couldn’t get
a bite I was reluctant to re-feed as I had put a fair amount of bait in. On to
the paste only to find the Ronnie Nibblers lined up in force. I tried the worm
line again to no avail. I spent the rest of the first half on the match trying
to avoid the nibblers now feeding hard 4’s through the catty to feed them out
and Carp in. It didn’t work.
I set up the Ronnie rig (if you can’t beat them join them)
to fish caster over loose fed caster. I caught Ronnie’s and small Skimmers too
steady, with nothing over 4oz to make any impact at this stage of the match. I
kept trying the paste in to the end bank hoping the Ronnie’s had buggered off –
not.
I did have a bit of welcome distraction photographing one of
Alan Oram’s Eels (one of my favourite Silvers) must have gone 2lb plus (it’s
head pictured upper right - hard to catch and even harder to photograph )
I finished the match with 13lb 3oz for 5th in the
Silvers. If I had fished for the Ronnie’s from the off I think I would have won
the Silvers, but who is going to do that in such a peg without considerable
hind sight!
The match was won by Glen “Two Pots” Bailey (pictured right
with some of his catch) with 122lb 6oz from peg 11. Two pots converted to one
pot today only feeding one pint of softened fours with his paste. Glenn fished
a comfortable 13 metres landing 19 Carp. More money coming home in the car.
The Silvers was won by Alan Oram (pictured right with the
match winner) with 21lb 4oz from peg 19. Alan caught on worm over GB laced with
a smidgen of chopped worn]m and caster.
Full Result:
- Glenn Bailey 122-06-0 peg 11
- Steve Jackson 93-0-0 peg 7
- Tom Mangnall 83-04-0 peg 1
- Dave Bacon 58-01-0 peg 18
- Tony Rixon 53-02-0 peg 8
Top Silvers:
- Alan Oram 21-04-0 peg 19
- Steve Tucker 20-10-0 peg 16
Weigh Sheet:
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