CONWY, 11/11/12 ~ Two lumps help Jones to a sweet victory

First of this winter's visits to Conwy renewed the classic dilemma, Carp or roach? It seems that the debate will go on as Dennis Jones won the match with 42lb 10oz. He had maybe 10lb of silvers and 6 or 7 carp, two of which were above average for Conwy at about 8lb apiece. These definitely tipped the balance in his favour and earned another good win following efforts at Yewtree. Successful bait was pellet.Well done Den.
Fresh from his training camps at Cob house and Whiteacres in recent weeks, Pete Lucas showed the benefit as he grabbed the silver medal. Showing some finesse on the pole, he put a weight of roach in the net for the first hour. However, when Jamie had three quick carp opposite, the maestro lived up to his name. Out came the feeder, and Pete put carp and skimmers into the net on a regular basis to finish with 38lb 08oz.A good performance Pete.
None of the membership was threatened this week, although a female photographer from 'Ugly Fokkers Weekly' was given the opportunity to leave before she got a swimming lesson from the Maestro.
Third place, and showing that it's possible to compete with a roach approach was Yozzer. Maggot shallow at 5metres helped the Gnome put together an all roach net for 37lb 12oz (well I enjoyed it anyway).
Back to the carp, and The Crafty Cockney fished 8mm banded pellet to both catch, ...and lose...., some decent fish. Despite losing a sizeable ghostie (everyone was gutted for you), Tony still weighed in with 25lb 12oz to take a section win. Nice one.
The other section was won in good style by Ian Simpson. On a rare club outing for him, probably practising for Wirral's winter series, Simo was another to go with roach. One stray F1 and an even rarer tench blotted his silver copybook but 34lb 08oz proved a success and a well deserved envelope followed.