Weston Pools Canal, 25/3/12 ~ EFC...Easy For Col... on his Weston return

There have been far more important things in life than fishing for Colin Cook over the last couple of years. How fitting then, that on his return to the sport with Eggy Ferry, a glorious spring morning greeted him and the other members at Weston.
The script gets better as everyone had a reasonable day's sport, a few bites and a few fish. A fitting end to proceedings too, as Colin ran out a comfortable winner with 44lb 04oz. Fishing 4mm pellet, he had the customary mix of F1s, cruies, tench and ide, but crucially he also found a number of better carp, which generally proved elusive during the match. Great to see Colin back on the bank, but as KP said, you're supposed to hold the thick end of the pole.
Another tidy performance from John Edwards, who also found some carp to add to the general mix, this time mainly on maggot. His total of 32lb 12oz was more than enough to put him in first loser position. Getting better Sumo, keep it up.
'Team Kenny' were in the money. 2oz separated the pair, with Ken Stuart edging into third with 23lb 02oz of tench, cruies, ide on maggot, while Ken Pickup was left to win the section money with his level 23lb. He too found a few better carp on pellet, to boost his mixed net. Well done the Kennies.
The other section was a noisy affair. Stevie Coleman was pegged in a corner. In the adjacent field was, presumably, a rugby match. The vociferous crowd cheered and sang all morning. It coincided with Steve having a golden catching spell, so every time we heard the crowd roar and sing, we looked over to the corner and there was Steve with reams of elastic out of his pole. That encouraged us to cheer and sing too.
The support proved to be in vain as the Gnome had plodded through the match, steadily catching 4oz ide on maggot, and despite dropping a number 4 section in the lake, (whatever was he doing with that much pole out of the bag???) Yoz managed to bring a level 22lb to the scales for a section win. Thanks to some much appreciated help from several members, the offending 4section was also retrieved. I am eternally grateful.
Another enjoyable outing, and not long to wait for the next one as Dave has managed to book Hampton Springs Willow pool for Sunday 1st April (no it's not a wind up).