After a SLOW but safe drive to Conway,we were greeted by a lake partially covered in cat ice. With the ice melting in the first hour of the match, the fishing proved slightly more difficult than normal.
However, John 'homester' Heald showed his class, taking 25lb 8oz of skimmers, F1s and small carp on 6mm pellet fished at 13m, all from an average peg! Ian 'yozzer' Hughes finished 2nd with an all roach net weighing 17lb 12oz. fishing maggot at 5m. John Edwards used the 'tea-bag' with pineapple pellets ( DON'T ASK) and snared 4 or 5 carp to take 3rd place with 15lb 4oz. He also added £80 to his take-home pay by winning the bonus peg. Nice One. Section winners were Arthur Roche and Mike 'chopper' Wilde.
All in all I think everybody had an enjoyable day on a new (to most) venue.
Finally, due to a double booking with his wife, Dave Norman was unable to fish. Despite a gallant solo effort by John Heald, this undoubtedly handed the winter pairs title to Dave Cargill and Ian Hughes. Congratulations, and commiserations,to the winners and losers.
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Apologies! I have been (reliably??) informed by the match secretary, that he mistook this match to be the end of the winter pairs. In fact, it has to run until the beginning of May. Good luck to all, may the fight continue.
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