About a year ago Rich Powell suggested I fish some of the Hobknobs Silver matches fished on various Harescombe lakes. So with no Glenn fishing today decided to give it a go. The match was on Field Lake, which is a beautiful looking lake and a nice place to send the day silvers fishing.
Gary and Katherine were away today, luckly still got a breakfast served up by head Hobknob Tony and Wife. Very good, and thanks.
Only five of us booked in usually about ten. Plenty on the doughnut though.
Told they had been catching on Hemp but could only use the venue Hemp.So bought a pint.
Best pegs were put in, peg 18 for me. Told there were loads of Ronnie's and Skimmers. So set up two Ronnie rigs - short and long and a 4x14 Winter to fish top set plus two barrels in 4 1/2 foot of water a line out in front and a line to my left at 10 o clock.
Fed some chopped worm in wet GB on the in front long line and just 5 grains of corn to the left long line. Started feeding the hemp on the long Ronnie rig, however, the Hemp was very small and hardly any with a curnel, so no good for the hook so fished LR's over it, coud catch a 1/2 oz Ronnie every put in with the hook bait not reaching the bottom, there are lots of big Roach in the lake, but the 1/2 ouncers get there first. Tried the short Ronnie rig down the LH edge with LR's fished over same loose feed. Same again but did have a 4 oz Perch. I was going nowhere. So out on the worm line with a worm head and had a few of Skimmers - 1 lb to 1 1/2 lb. Kept topping up with small balls of CW in wet GB. It died due to Carp taking too much liking to the worm feed. But frustrating loosing couple of hook lengths. So switched to the Corn line and started kindering in 4 pieces of corm with a pinch of Hemp hoping to catch some bigger Roach, wishing I had some small Tares. Well started to catch Skimmers again and had a decent spell - wasn't ever manic but nice and steady, Loosing the old hook length to Carp and some flying Skimmers. Come the last 45 minutes I found my self surrounded by Carp and the eigth Carp took the complete long rig so spent the last knocking thrashing out 1/2 ounce Ronnies with LT's over loose fed Hemp up in the water must have added 1 lb!!
Weighed 19 lb 6 oz for the win. Very enjoyable days fishing with some very good silvers anglers. To be fair it was a close match with Rich Bowd weighing 17 lb 12 oz of beautiful Roach and Hybrids caught on edlerberries over Hemp - envious of the Roach. Rich said i'm not to come again though!
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