FRIDAY 27TH, WALL & ISLAND PEGS
Baron of Bron.....just.
With most travelling down on the Friday, a knock-up had been arranged for the afternoon. The relatively late start meant that bumper weights were expected. Oops!
With an easterly wind blowing, and some torrential midweek rain, sport had been severely 'dampened'. Nearly everyone struggled for a few bites, with not even the backup silvers apparently willing to feed.
One exception was John Edwards, the self elected Baron of Bron following some of his previous performances at the venue. Sumo caught well throughout, mainly on paste, and finished with 42lb, which narrowly secured victory.
Lee Pickup also caught steadily and put 41lb on the scales for the silver medal. Pole, pellet waggler, method feeder and floating feeder all proving successful. Yes, the same floating feeder that was ridiculed when Sumo first unveiled it some years ago at Gorsty.
A late burst of margin fish brought the Gnome from nowhere to third place with 32lb.
Most amusing occurrence was when Dave Norman, who arrived too late to fish, turned up at the lake as a Bradley Wiggins look-alike. The impression ended when Dave went arse over the handle bars much to everyone's amusement. This overshadowed Clueless' attempt to win clown of the day. Pete had earlier been landing a carp when he leant back a bit too far and ended up flat on his back while still holding the net and his pole! Obviously everybody rushed to help......after the laughter had subsided.
SATURDAY 28th ~ Pete proves he's the Maestro
Another poor day's sport by Bron standards, but an incredibly close-fought match. It looked to be going the way of Gary Chambers on the fieldside end peg as he put together a slow but steady run of fish to end with 37lb 08oz. A good attempt but only good enough for second.
With Yozzer and Jamie shaping like turkeys on the adjacent pegs, and taking an early bath, this gave Pete Lucas just enough room to put a few carp in the net late on, and scrape to victory with 38lb. Well done to the Maestro......Who said he was Clueless?
Ahhh, I know, it was Sumo, who completed the frame with a respectable 36lb, just edging out the Jolly Green Giant. Neil's catch weighing 35lb 03oz.
The wall provided very poor sport with Steve Coleman managing a stand-out 29lb 02oz on the day, which won him a section prize.
The other section showed us that fishing is a better option than cycling for Dave Norman, who put together a 16lb 04oz net.
Well deserved honours to all who picked up an envelope.
SUNDAY 29th ~ Paul's no has-bean, baked or otherwise.
Having been berated for messing about with a tin of Heinz baked beans with sausage as bait on the Friday, Paul Cargill showed that when he does it properly, he can fish a bit. Cargy brought 34lb 08oz to the scales for a comfortable win,
Gary Chambers showed his understanding of his 'local' venue by producing the best weight from the wall with a paste-caught 31lb 08oz. Another good result.
Steve Coleman was as consistent as ever, and completed an excellent weekend for him by taking third place with 26lb 08oz. Enough to keep Jamie Pickup out of the frame. Jamie showed improved form with his 24lb 02oz weight.
Neil Paterson, prosperous champion, earned some more pools money with a 22lb 12oz section win.
With the threat of another ass-kicking from Lucas, everyone put cardboard down the back of their trousers but the Maestro used some of Jamie's whupass and bombed out in spectacular fashion.
Really poor weights by Bron standards, but very competitive matches and some cracking banter meant the weekend was as enjoyable as any of the others the club has had. Thanks to everyone for making it that way.
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