Ten days ago at Withy’s over 55’s match I noticed that matey
Steve Dawson didn’t look so good. He said he had a bad leg and was limping. Some
days later Steve drove himself to hospital to discover he had, suffered a
stroke. I’m not sure what the situation is at the moment, but get well soon and
back out on the bank.
I met up with Geoff at Wetherspoons in Staple Hill for
breakfast then on to the fishery.
Because the Windmill Fishery is local, a few of us tried to
get some interest in fishing the venue via social media, but could only muster
seven, which is a shame. Hopefully when the match results are seen from today
match we might get a few more attend.
Down rock and roll road to the draw and out comes peg 23. I
was happy enough with this. The weather was supposed to be warmer, alas not as
there was a stiff cold Northerly blowing down the Lake .
Easy set-up, the Ronnie rig and a 4x16 winter which needed
two feet adding to the rig length due to the depth being near 9 foot at top-set
plus two outwards.
Two lines at top-set plus three one with micro and maggot
and the other GB laced with a few Pinkies.
After feeding two lines I started on the Ronnie rig with
live reds over loose fed reds and soon started catching small Ronnie’s and
Rudd. I then had a F1 which apparently was a mirage because the management said
there wasn’t any in the Lake ! Out on the micro line and after trying 4mm
expander I switched to maggot and had one decent Skimmer. Over to the GB line
and had one small Carp and a Ronnie. Carp were now being caught down to my
right over to the far shelf which was far too far for a pole. I thought of setting
up the waggler but decided that the wind wasn’t conducive. Now well behind on
Carp and with both long lines completely dead – too deep me thinks. I selected
to fish the match out on the Ronnie rig. I had a decent day on the rig adding
two more decent Skimmers plus loads of small Ronnie’s and one disrupter – a
near 10 lb Mirror Carp in pristine condition.
I finished with 14 lb 2 oz of Silvers and 12 lb 9 oz of Carp for
a total of 26 lb 11 oz winning the Silvers pool.
The match was won by Tim Ford (pictured right with his catch
and the Silvers winner) with the best weight of the year with 73 lb 5 oz from peg
25. Tim caught some on the lead and some munters down his LH edge…see his blog
for further details.
Back to the pub for the usual debrief to end another great
day in the life of a match fishing pensioner who is now in his 70th
year.
Result:
- Tim Ford 73-05-0 peg 25
- Glenn Bailey 55-07-0 peg 21
Silvers:
- Mike Nicholls 14-02-0 peg 23
- Dave Haines 5-07-0 peg 17
Weigh Sheet:
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