Weston Pools Canal, 25/3/12 ~ EFC...Easy For Col... on his Weston return

There have been far more important things in life than fishing for Colin Cook over the last couple of years. How fitting then, that on his return to the sport with Eggy Ferry, a glorious spring morning greeted him and the other members at Weston.
The script gets better as everyone had a reasonable day's sport, a few bites and a few fish. A fitting end to proceedings too, as Colin ran out a comfortable winner with 44lb 04oz. Fishing 4mm pellet, he had the customary mix of F1s, cruies, tench and ide, but crucially he also found a number of better carp, which generally proved elusive during the match. Great to see Colin back on the bank, but as KP said, you're supposed to hold the thick end of the pole.
Another tidy performance from John Edwards, who also found some carp to add to the general mix, this time mainly on maggot. His total of 32lb 12oz was more than enough to put him in first loser position. Getting better Sumo, keep it up.
'Team Kenny' were in the money. 2oz separated the pair, with Ken Stuart edging into third with 23lb 02oz of tench, cruies, ide on maggot, while Ken Pickup was left to win the section money with his level 23lb. He too found a few better carp on pellet, to boost his mixed net. Well done the Kennies.
The other section was a noisy affair. Stevie Coleman was pegged in a corner. In the adjacent field was, presumably, a rugby match. The vociferous crowd cheered and sang all morning. It coincided with Steve having a golden catching spell, so every time we heard the crowd roar and sing, we looked over to the corner and there was Steve with reams of elastic out of his pole. That encouraged us to cheer and sing too.
The support proved to be in vain as the Gnome had plodded through the match, steadily catching 4oz ide on maggot, and despite dropping a number 4 section in the lake, (whatever was he doing with that much pole out of the bag???) Yoz managed to bring a level 22lb to the scales for a section win. Thanks to some much appreciated help from several members, the offending 4section was also retrieved. I am eternally grateful.
Another enjoyable outing, and not long to wait for the next one as Dave has managed to book Hampton Springs Willow pool for Sunday 1st April (no it's not a wind up).

LLOYDS MEADOW, BADGER, 11/3/12 ~ Dennis is a menace to Lloyds carp

Well, a pleasant surprise at Badger this time. Following a few dodgy visits in the past, there now appears to be a good variety of fish in the lake, which are well spread out too. Plenty of quality silvers and a mix of carp, crucians and crossbreeds meant that there was something to target for everyone.
Dennis Jones showed us that he's not just a gudgeon basher, as he plundered a net of quality carp from the far bank. Den fished meat and pellet to amass a level 39lb and secure his first club win. A great effort.
Steve Coleman continued his recent run of good form, and having caught some decent skimmers early, he too found some better carp late on,again from the far bank, but this time on corn, and recorded 22lb 13oz to clinch a well deserved second place.
Proving that the fish were indeed well spread, Kenny Stuart was pegged on the other side of the lake, and caught an assortment of good skimmers, rudd and roach, as well as a mix of stockie carp and crucian types. Using pellet, he finished with 21lb 06oz which put him in third spot, well done the master.
Following an honest, hard day's angling, John Edwards also put together a net of mixed carp and crucians, which went 17lb on the scales and gave Sumo a genuine, well earned section prize.
Back on the match scene with a vengeance is Gary Brislin, and following last week's success, he was in the money again. 5 carp, a decent chub, and some big silvers, caught on meat at 16metres, Gary weighed 20lb 14oz and won the other section.
Next peg to Gary was Mr.Lucas, who unfortunately broke a section rather than winning one. Sumo reckons the rare venture into pole fishing by the maestro was doomed to disaster from the start as he only had one roller for 16metres!
Only two walks of shame this week, as Lee went with about 2 hours left while Yozzer doubled last week's effort by staying for 4 hours.
Spare a thought for Neil Paterson, who had eight proper carp on meat and would probably have won the match. Disaster struck when some lousy f****r shouted allout at 3.30. He didn't start catchin till quarter to four!!!!!!!

CHESTER LAKES, 4/3/12 ~ Do you really want to know?

Another dismal day out at Chester Lakes. I did the walk of shame after 2 hours!!!!!
Result (roughly) was as follows:
1st  Gary Brislin........4lb summat
2nd Dave Norman.....3lb
3rd  Pete Lucas.........2lb odd
Sections, Lee Pickup and Tony Byers both had less than 2lb
Nuff said, well done the framers.
That new batch of fish stocked the previous day made all the difference.......not.