BADEN HALL, Mallard, 17/4/11 ~ Gary is hot at Baden

Weather-wise we should probably have all our matches at Baden Hall. Similar to our last visit on Donut, this was fished in bright warm sunshine without a breath of wind. Conditions which obviously affected the fishing.
They didn't slow Gary Brislin down too much as the venue regular put his knowledge to good use and piled 59lb 08oz of carp into the weigh sling. Using sloppy paste at long range, Gary put carp in his net on a regular basis throughout the match for a fine victory.
Making sure it was a competitive affair, was Dave Cargill, who maintained his brilliant current form with a net of maggot-caught carp weighing 56lb 04oz. Cargy surprised everyone by calling all-in 3 minutes early, and before we got organised, word spread that he'd already had two carp, weilding his trusty waggler rod like the sword of Zorro. Keep it up Dave, you're fishing well.
In third place, well off the pace, despite 3 hours of coaching from Sumo, was Yozzer, who finally succumbed to the long pole, and fished at 15metres for a handful of carp on meat, and managed 34lb 12oz. Wow that was a bag of laughs....not.
Arthur Roche, in tandem with Percy*, picked up a section win, his 3 carp and bits went 15lb 03oz, while canal legend Pato won the other section with 20lb 06oz. Mind you, he only had 11metres to the island.
Different name on the lottery peg this week, and Paul Cargill had hard luck with his guess of 57lb....ooooooo no cigar.
*Percy?   percy verence, never gives up. 

GORSTY HALL, 10/4/11 ~ Dave waggles another win

T-shirt n shorts for this match at Gorsty, what a pleasant change from the last few months. The fishing was good, too. It was a case of pick a style that suits you and start catching. A vast array of tactics on display including method, cage feeder and straight lead, waggler and pellet wag, feeder floats (??? wtf ???)and even the good old pole all saw action.
Dave Cargill chose to fish the waggler again and put on another fine display to clinch victory with 48lb 05oz. Well done Dave.
Following some 'watch and learn' midweek sessions, Jamie Pickup put his new skills to good use on the gap in the lilies, and, using the method and the pellet waggler, put 38lb 08oz on the scales for a well deserved second place.
Another to have learned from experience was Pete Lucas. After his aris was well and truly kicked at the Viaduct fishomania qualifier the day before, The Method Maestro lived up to his name with a great third place in the prestigeous Eggy club match, weighing 34lb 09oz. So pleased for you Pete, nice one.
As predictable as ever was Yozzer with his top three! With only a few poles on display, The Gnome scratched and winkled small skimmers, crucians, and pastie carp to the tune of 32lb 10oz and a section win.
Back on the rod, another fisho fiend, Gary Brislin, used corn with a method feeder and managed 29lb 04oz to take the other section.
With successes aplenty at Gorsty in recent outings, Sumo became complacent and turned up with a feeder float. Alas it's back to the drawing board as all he managed was a few sniggers from those pegged around him. Think it through John.