CONWY, 29/1/12 ~ Gnome breaks strings on Paterson banjo

At last, a day on Conwy without a hurricane. Flat calm conditions were the order of the day, and the predicted snowstorms turned out to be gentle rain showers.
As in the last Conwy match, there seemed to be a runaway winner. This time Neil Paterson set a furious pace, catching several decent carp on his new favourite tactic, the banjo feeder. Pato caught on and off throughout the match and finished with a very respectable weight of 31lb 15oz. A valiant effort, but it wasn't quite good enough though.
Two pegs along sat the Gnome, weilding 13metres of pole. Scrapping the customary maggot/ roach route, 6mm pellet was his chosen approach and it worked a treat. Big skimmers and a few F1s went into the net on a regular basis, and the final tally went 35lb 02oz.
With Pato cursing his luck, things got a little worse as, with two anglers still to weigh, a guest known only as Andy tipped 34lb 02oz of roach into the weigh sling, relegating the big fella to 3rd! A great catch, and proof that the roach are still very much present at Conwy. The successful tactic was hemp and caster at 6metres.
Sumo Edwards had a steady but thankfully uneventful day, and caught on short and long pole with worm, and an odd fish on teabag to collect some section money with a well earned 21lb 15oz . Nice one John, never mind the triple default, it's money in your pocket and a notch on your belt.
Our very own Mastercatcher made up the prize list. Kenny Stuart put together a mix of skimmers and roach on maggot and pellet to finish with 16lb 14oz and take the other section. Well done Ken.
That's the last of Conwy for another winter, but members please note an additional match next Sunday. A much shorter journey as this one's at Lingmere.