BORDER MATCH LAKE, 3/10/10 ~ Wet and miserable...The Gnome, not the fishin'

For the smokers amongst you, this was definitely a 30 fag match, trouble was lighting them. With torrential rain and bites at a premium, even for maggot drowners, this match was still fished in good spirits. Personally I would rather have walked round the lake, in the rain, with a nail in my boot, but hey.
John Edwards continued his recent form and managed to find 5 carp and a few bits on corn, to win with an honourable 22lb 12oz. Well done Sumo, but you're boring us now, and the Caernarvon beer sales are down.
Following a great win at Hampton last week, which unfortunately went unreported, Steve Coleman also maintained recent good form. After struggling to catch during the first half of the match, Steve made an inspired tactical change, and started to fish maggot shallow for carp. He hooked and landed 3 good specimens, and took second place with 16lb 12oz.  Hang on,......no he never, he decided to scratch a few roach out on maggot and got lucky with carp! Whichever is true, the money's in your pocket Steve, good fishing.
Proving that you should always wait for the fat lady was Ian Simpson, whose 5lb+ carp hooked in the last two minutes, propelled him into third with 15lb 14oz. Nice one Simo.
Making a rare appearance was Paul Cargill, and it proved worthwhile too, as he found some quality fish on treble maggot to bring 13lb 04oz to the scales , and pick up the section money. Just shows you Paul, there's more to life than beer and boobs.
The other section was won by Ken daddy Pickup, whose two carp weighed 10lb 08oz, wow what an enjoyable day's fishing you had!
Just to prove that the Eggy is cursed, a club on the opposite side showed the true potential of this marvellous fishery by weighing in 40-60lb bags all along there stretch.
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