Thursday 02/02/2022 - Bathampton Over 55's Silvers pairs - Round 3 - Withy Pool

One no-show, so peg 71 taken out again. Might be worth taking out peg 48 next time as it's fishing poor. 

Predicting the wind on Withy Pool is impossible it can blow in three directions at the same time - hard to believe but witnessed by me today - hate the wind, ask Glenn Bailey.

We had a new draw recorder to day - Tommy Winstone - pictured.

In to the draw bag shaking the bag around a disc bounced up and landed in my hand - must be a good one then, nope peg 40 again - carp corner. That said it's one of the better ones in a very poor section. One problem with this peg is no platform so have to set up in the mud and stones  - pictured. The second issue it the very stony bottom which goes our a fair distance causing hook and line breakages, making plumbing up difficult to decided the depth to set.

Set up exactly the same as the first match, but wasn't going to bother with the waggler. However, just purchased a new Shimano 2500HG reel and wanted to try it out with a modified waggler I made up - a Drake with a 2.5 mm diameter Drennan glow tip glued in.

Fished an almost identical match as previous, only difference landing two beautiful 12 oz Roach and a lost decent Perch which would probably have given me the same weight as last time. Four Ronnie's on the waggler but the wind made it too difficult. Signs of carp but didn't hook any this time 😀The hybrid waggler proved very sensitive and the reel - really pleased with it, especially the quick retrieve. Only negative was the deep spool which needed loads of backing before putting on the 3 lb Maxima - still the best line by a mile.

Weighed 8 lb 8 oz for a section win. My partner Clayton had a decent weight but was knocked back to 4 points by ounces. Unlucky matey. Current standings below.

The match was won by Tony Rixon (pictured with others collecting coin) from end peg 60 with 15 lb 1 oz. Tony caught at 11.5 metres using caster - see his blog for the finer details.

Result:

1. Tony Rixon 15-01-0 peg 60

2. Paul Barnfield 12-08-0 peg 45

3. Glenn Bailey 11-03-0 peg 41

4. Chris Rolfe 10-03-0 peg 55

5. John Smith 9-13-0 peg 64

6. Kev Winstone 9-08-0 peg 44

Weigh Sheets:

Pairs Result after three rounds: