Ray Bazeley has started his Thursday Rip Off's and will running one every fortnight due to one clubs decision to cancel their bookings because of the poor condition of the access road. I'm not sure how much longer I'm prepared to put my car through the trip along rocky road.
Promised high winds gusting to 44 mph and that what greeted us. I had my usual walk around and was hoping for a peg on the far bank. The pegs to avoid would be 23,22, 12 and 11.
Last but one into the draw bag and pulled peg 12 with peg 25 last out! Not happy. Arrived at the peg to find the platform all but disintegrated a comfortable day ahead then - pictured above. The wind was hacking directly into my face with some shelter from the island at about 25 metres out, so set up the waggler. I had brought paste but there was no way the conditions would permit this. It can be a good margin peg down the left so set up a 4x12 steel Roob set to 3 foot to fish maggot, but trying it out lost any enthusiasm for it, the wind just blow it into the bank where at least 2 foot of line was dragging, didn't quite give up on it though - yet! I also set up a 4x13 MR to fish meat at top set plus two barrels to fish at 11 o clock with a short line to aid holding back on station. So far no enthusiasm, a challenge ahead. Fed the margin with GB laced with LR's and micro. The MR line with 7 pieces of meat. Started on the meat for about 10 minutes presentation wasn't good and with no indications abandoned it but would keep an eye on Willy Willmott on peg 14 and wait until he started catching before trying again would keep topping it up. Switched to the margin with double LR and had one small Perch. Presentation was awful so abandon the line. Cast the waggler and was pleased with the presentation albeit had six inches dragging. With single LR on the hook over loose fed same had a few Ronnie's before I foul hooked a carp which came off. A few more Ronnie's before getting a 5 lb carp in the mouth. I lost another foul hooker and potentially another which broke me - could have been in the mouth? Had another 5lb carp in the mouth followed by more Ronnie's. Had a right downpour of hail and rain right in the face had to turn my back - bloody freezing as picture right above shows (taken by Willy) . With a hour to go Willy who had been struggling started to catch carp on his favoured meat, so tried it but no signs so had a go at casting the waggler down to the corner in the old peg 13. Hooked a small fish which left me in a right snag to abandoned this line. Sixteen minutes to go thought I see out on the meat line and first put in had a indication and another 5 lb Carp out again and another immediate bite and landed a 6 lb carp on the whistle. Carp arrived too late for me, needed another half hour me thinks.
My few silvers weighed 2 lb 7 oz and my carp 22 lb 13 oz for a double default section win with 25 lb 6 oz. Love a double D.
The match was won by Dave "Willy" Willmott (pictured with the silvers winner) with 58 lb 13 oz from fancied peg 14. Dave caught late using meat over meat at top set plus two barrels down wind (what wind) at 2 o clock. Well dome matey.
The silvers was won by John Osbourne (pictured with the match winner) with 9 lb 8 oz from peg 8. John caught short using maggot hook bait over GB. Well done matey a decent weight in the conditions.
Back to the Ringer with the usual suspect's finding myself in the "Thatchers End" UTG.
Result:
1. Dave Willmott 58-13-0 peg 14
2. Laurie Laing 40-07-0 peg 11
3. Glenn Bailey 28-07-0 peg 4
4. Mike Nicholls 25-06-0 peg 12
5. Bob Price 24-03-0 peg 9
6. Bob Warren 23-14-0 peg 10
Silvers:
1. John Osbourne 9-08-0 peg 8
2. Geoff Francis 8-12-0 peg 21
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