So the CEO of VW in USA stated today that VW senior
management was unaware of the software issues, stating It was implemented by
two rouge software Engineers. What a load of lies. The QA system and procedures
that VW should and are most certainly operating would not permit individual action
without design reviews with pathway to senior management. If I had one of their
cars that had software issue I would demand a complete refund because any
modifications are sure to lead to lower performance outside specification.
Two pots decided to dip his toe and paste at Harescombe
Fishery and kindly picked me up, arriving in plenty of time for breakfast.
My current camera lens has lost a lot of its coating so
yesterday I bought a new one – Nikon Coolpix S9900. So plenty of try outs
today!
In to the draw box and out comes peg 12. No emotions as you
get a great days fishing off any peg at this venue. Two Pots Bailey drew next
to me on end peg 14 and with plenty of room I expected great things from this
great angler. On the other next peg 11 was that nice man Rich Heatley, who
thinks 20lb is in fact 40lb, must sell him some spuds.
Set up the usual two rigs – 4x14 Jolly to fish at 4 metres
at 1 o clock in 5 foot of water with 0.18 main line and 0.14 hook length to the
reliable light hook - 16 Tubertini 808
which can accommodate any bait in the bag. The other rig was a 4x10 Yoof for
the RH margin in 30 inches of water with exactly the same lines and hook.
I started on the Jolly with meat on the hook over kindered
hard 4’s. It was soon apparent that the venue wasn’t going to fish as well as
previous matches, catching just a couple of F1’s during the first 10 minutes. I
switched to the semi-hard pellet hook bait and had a Sepp Blatter (a Gudgeon
that was just hanging on), followed by a couple of Ronnie’s. This bait was
abandoned for the remainder. Meanwhile Glenn appeared to be bagging at 14 metres
over to the corner of the island on banded hair-rigged pellet, with plenty of
striking and splashing going on. I tried the margin with meat which I had been loose
feeding with pellet since the start only to catch small Silvers. I was now
buggered as to what to do. So got the rest of the 13 metre pole out and using
the margin rig went out to the island pile boards again with meat over a
smidgen of pellet. I had a run of F1’s and small Carp to 3lb – that’s better. I
then got broke on a fish. So whilst I re-tied the hook I fed some pellet –
mistakes as I started to struggle, managing to pick off the odd F1 and Chub. I
thought I had fed them up in the water so persevered without feed to no avail -
interesting. In the meanwhile Glenn was still thrashing around striking and
foul hooking F1’s, the steam was rising. I wasn’t prepared to sacrifice anymore
of my shoulder to fish 13 metres so decided to fish out the match in the margin
with meat. I decided to stop loose feeding the pellet and kindered the feed
instead sneaking it in quietly. This seemed to work because I did have a good
last hour catching F1’s and the odd Carp and the usual Barbel.
My two nets weighed in at 67lb 12oz for second overall which
was a pleasant surprise.
The match was won by Tony Rixon (pictured right with the
runner up) with 96lb 9oz from peg 22. Tony caught … see his blog for details.
Two Post came a frustrating third – not sure the hair rig
was right. The paste didn’t get much of a run out today.
Full Result:
- Tony Rixon 96-09-0 peg 22
- Mike Nicholls 67-12-0 peg 12
- Glenn Bailey 56-15-0 peg 14
- Stuart Barnett 48-09-0 peg 3
- Terry Girdelstone 47-09-0 peg 23
- Rich Heatley 41-05-0 peg 11
Weigh Sheet:
The Pay-out:
1 comment:
Yet another good read, its always nice when you pull the nets and have more than you thought.
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