Monday 28 November 2022

Sunday 27/11/2022 - Westerleigh Winter League - Practice Match - Taylor's and Shipp's Canal

Been looking forward to this league starting. However, the fishing is going to be a bit harder this year due ti having 20 fishing, 10 on each pool. So Brian has re-pegged it to accommodate this number, and is very different on Shipp's. Mark Taylor has also given the fishery a right haircut, very nice too - my view of Shipp's from my unlucky peg 13.

Apparently only 15 needing practice.

Nice to meet up with the lads again, don't see many of them all year. Hoping to draw any peg in the 20's on Taylors or any single number of Shipp's. Into the Audi boot and picked disc 13. Very surprised to see this in my hand, but as stated above Shipps been re-pegged. I wasn't happy thinking peg 12 would also would be in - it wasn't. Got to the peg and found it very comfortable, but full of leaves, wind been blowing down here then. Told I might catch down the edge but due to the bankside vegetation couldn't see that far along the bank. Plumbed up with a RJ 0.3 gram Slim at top set plus two and found it to be two foot deep and full of leaves and more rig line wasted. Choose to set up the long Ronnie rig which would be a challenge trying to avoid the leave plus the waggler same again but less leaves further out and a 4x13 MR to fish at various lengths to search around the peg as it's the first time I've fished it.

Started on the Ronnie rig over GB laced with Pinkie with single DR on the hook and had an immediate response from 1 oz Ronnie's. I kept them coming in between catching leaves and twigs on the bottom - a tad frustrating. After two hours it finally died so tried the waggler around the peg and over to the island picking off the odd Ronnie with no sign of carp, again the leaves were an issue. Tried the margin where I had been loose feeding micro and LR's and had a couple of Perch and Ronnie's, no sign of carp. Had chosen to fish MR at top set plus three barrels where I had been feeding micro since the start and with an hour to go and with no hope of a pick up fished over this line for carp with double fluoro Pinkie and had two decent Carp losing two foul hookers.

My silvers weighed 4 lb 14 oz falling short on the Pool but was third over the two Pools. Total weigh was 14 lb 12 oz, however, the peg was worth more, thinking 25 lb and is  better than peg 12. Don't expect the small carp or F1's here, looks like to me where the bigger carp hang out. Glad I fished the peg as I have learn a bit if drawn again. Brain has certainly done the best he can with the pegging for the league.

Back to the Inn with the usual suspects and a good laugh with a pint of Dooombar. Brian Shanks is still using his Trabbuco carp pole which makes it 22 years old, is this the oldest pole still catching?

Result:

Taylors:

Martin McMahon 99-08-0 peg 25 - 6 mm hard pellet over pinged 4's over to the island.









Silvers: Bill Ferris 11-14-0 peg 17 - maggot over GB, maggot, cater and hemp at top set plus one and two barrels - most difficult angler to photograph.









Shipp's Canal:

Vince Shipp 63-12-0 peg 2 - 6 mm expander over micro down the left to the bush.









Silvers: Steve Rogers 6-02-0 peg 1 Pinkie over loose fed Pinkie long over a couple of lines.









Weigh Sheet:



2 comments:

Stuart Graham said...

Trabucco Carp 1 Pole and Daiwa Match Winner 811 still in my bag, both 22 years old this year, not that they catch much anymore :-)

Paul R said...

Dam Futron 13.7m, circa 1990, still use it regularly but keep it well away from the commercials! Brilliant on clear rivers and canals, as slim at full length as a modern pole at 9m (albiet a bit bouncy at over 11.5m!).