Following an overnight frost and a new moon, the usually prolific Lingmere fell to the Eggy curse. Generally, members struggled to put two bites together, and returns were disappointing.
Kenny Stuart has had a quiet time of it lately but came in from the cold to display red hot form and won the match with 25lb 04oz, He fished red maggot for a mix of carp, F1s, barbel and skimmers, to prove he really is the Master catcher.
In second place, and again using maggot, was Peggy Lee, whose 22lb 08oz consisted of quality barbel, carp and F1s. Must be some Stuart blood in there somewhere. Well done Mike.
After his recent success at Yewtree, Dave Norman proved as consistent as ever, and having fed caster, presented a pellet over the top and caught F1s to the tune of 17lb 02oz to take third place. Another solid effort Dave.
Venue regular, Pete Delamaine, crept into the money with a section win, his level 12lb consisting of mainly maggot-caught Crucians. He did however, finish with a financial deficit as he broke a pole section. Unlucky Pete, but a good performance.
Dave Cargill was in the money again, with a section winning 14lb 08oz, on maggot and worm. Keep up the form Dave , you'll be able to retire soon.
Congratulations to Lee Pickup, who crowned a steady year by winning the 2010 Knockout competition. Nice one Lee.
John Edwards had a rollercoaster ride. Having drawn a decidedly average peg, he then found a few fish, but as fast as they were hooked they were lost in a classic display of angling incompetence. Seems one or two may have been 'Choppered', that's foul-hooked in English. Just as Sumo was thinking the win was slipping away, news of Ken's weight came filtering through, and as John had guessed at 29lb, he scraped in with ounces to spare and took the lottery money. I think I speak for everyone when I say we're delighted for you John, especially as he also added another Norman nugget to his collection.
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Great write up yoz,well done to all who framed on such a grim day :( As for zimbos snapped section thats what happens when you strike when you already know youve hooked a snag,he will learn?? but then again he tried to make his top 2 a bit shorter not long after when he hooked the snag yet again!!! If your going to do things like that pete you need to buy yourself a tri-cast lol.Well done to john for his lottery win,i think he should share it with me cos i picked the golden peg ha ha.Im going to say thank you to myself for rescueing a duck with 30ib+ line and a swimfeeder the size of a bean tin wrapped round its wing,that was my good deed for the day,ducks cant speak but it did quack when i let it go :) and no chopper i wont wring its neck lol.Was all in all a grim day but zimbo give me a laugh seeing his face when his pole snapped ha ha nice one pete.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to thank Kenny for fishing with one hand behind his back and keeping his weight down to the golden peg threshold. And to Yozza for fishing opposite Kenny but not pinching any of his fish by not feeding correctly! And to Norm for just showing up with his quid and some top drawer moans. He should have cracked the ton with the quality of them.
ReplyDeleteAs for my day a superb feeding regime had carp queing up to get foul hooked. Had I landed any they would have gone straight back of course ;-)