Recent good attendances went wallop for this match. Only 9 turned up after a week of hard frosts, but amazingly there was no ice-breaking needed as Kingfisher had thawed on Saturday. With everyone enjoying a bit of space, this helped balance the cold water conditions and most managed a few bites. The usual pegs did the business, with plenty of skimmers willing to feed.
King Fisher on the day was Dennis Jones. He got embroiled in a next peg battle with Sumo and both got their noses in front at different times as a ding dong developed.
At the final whistle, Dennis had finished in front with a surprising 22lb 05oz of mainly skimmers. I say surprising because the way both anglers had caught during the day, it looked like 40lb would be needed for victory. A good win nonetheless for the ginger dwarf, proving he only needs a half decent draw to produce the goods.
John Edwards is ultra consistent at the moment, and his level 17lb, again lower than expected, was good enough for first loser spot, but alas, no coin. At least some glory though John.
Another major surprise was Lee Pickup weighing in a netful of silvers. An excellent net of roach, with a couple of bonus chub, came to a total of 15lb 06oz. This was enough for third place, and enough to dispel opinion that Lee is a carp-head. Maybe it was a one-off, time will tell, but great on the day, well done.
In a reversal of fortune, The Gnome had very few silvers, relying on a carp in excess of 7lb to provide the bulk of his section winning 11lb 11oz. Think I'd rather be on roach thank you very much.
Despite what some may think about 'petty' rules that we have within the club, such as 2 nets, and not slagging off fisheries when sport isn't great, we have earned quite a reputation at this particular venue. Instead of paying the agreed amount for the lake, the owners felt that they wanted to reinforce our relationship, so they compromised on the day, and the peg fees were adjusted so that the club didn't lose the anticipated £30.
With a little bit of thought and effort, everyone is contributing towards giving the club a decent name, so well done and keep up the good work.
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I thought Dennis did quite well after I'd told him exactly what I was doing.Like most nurses he's obviously a good listener! And was obviously on the flyer the barstarrdd!!!
ReplyDeleteGood write up yoz and on a fishin 4 silvers note,that was all i had infront of me so i had 2 fish 4 them,just wait until the carp start feeding oooosh cant wait,get rid of them pesky silvers lol bring on pellet wag and fishin up in the water 4 proper fish.:-)
ReplyDeleteI was going to give Dennis a pat on the head for winning but with my back I can't bend down that far.
ReplyDeleteThought u would b used 2 bending down by now summo as u get shafted at most matches lol,sorry couldnt resist. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like everyone struggled but still not bad weights considering the weather and fair do's to Danny he looked after the club
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