If last week was full of banter with plenty of laughs, then this one was the opposite. I'm pretty sure that there weren't many who actually fancied fishing on the day. This was Lingmere weather at its cruellest. Strong gusty winds brought regular showers of rain and hail, and it was cold too. Even when the ripple subsided it was still difficult to spot bites through watering eyes. Just what you want when winter F1 fishing. Banter was non-existant as heads were buried deep into snoods, under woolly hats, with hoods pulled up. Brollies were a no-no due to the wind.
Having said all that, Jamie Pickup adopted his usual attitude, I'm fishing 16 metres, I must be good. On this occasion he was good and proved it with a runaway 35lb 12oz for an easy victory.
Don't know where he gets it from cos Dad Kenny tried 6 metres of pole for half an hour then gave up and went on the tip. He was rewarded with some nice F1s and a total of 27lb 04oz for second spot. Come on you Pickups!
Final place in the frame went to the never-reliable Jolly Green Giant. Neil was one of the few who could fish the pole in any degree of comfort, and he put this to good use with a decent day's sport which gave him a 23lb 06oz total. Another hour an he would have won it!
Team Kenny collected more pools money as Ken Stuart won the first section with a level 10lb. They need to win some more as the conditions took their toll and Ken's pole now has 2 short no.5 sections.
Venue regular The Gnome got an envelope to take home as his 17lb 09oz was enough for the other section.
All in all we've had nicer days out, but I suppose even this was better than sittin in the house, by the fire, nice and warm.......... mmmmm ......... don't know so much .
Monday, 8 December 2014
Sunday, 30 November 2014
HAMPTON, ALICE SPRINGS. 30/11/14 ~ Cake-walk for Lee
Wasn't at this one so results only. Seems like a cake-walk for Lee and the familiar walk for Sumo.
1 Lee Pickup 51lb 02oz
2 Neil Paterson 34lb 09oz
3 Steve Coleman 16lb 14oz
Sections:
Tony Byers 9lb 09oz
Kenny Stuart 3lb 10oz
Well Done everyone
1 Lee Pickup 51lb 02oz
2 Neil Paterson 34lb 09oz
3 Steve Coleman 16lb 14oz
Sections:
Tony Byers 9lb 09oz
Kenny Stuart 3lb 10oz
Well Done everyone
Monday, 24 November 2014
LINGMERE, 23/11/14 ~ Practice makes perfect for The Wriggler
The Lingmere wind machine had been turned down low for this latest visit, making it a relatively pleasant experience for everyone. Well, everyone with a modicum of sense but not those who forgot to take a decent coat. With 18 in attendance, it was decided to put a section on the bottom lake to ease the pressure on the top lake and give everyone a better day's sport.
Those drawn on the bottom certainly had good sport and enjoyed plenty of bites throughout the match. A head to head developed on adjacent pegs, and provided us with the first and third overall.
Following 5 or 6 appearances in the Wednesday 'dodger' matches, Dirk Wriggler put the knowledge gained in those 'practice' sessions to good use. Unconfirmed reports suggest a method feeder with maggot was the successful tactic, and Degsy ended up with an impressive total of 55lb 02oz.
That proved much too good for the gallant effort of Ian Simpson, who also employed maggot baits, but mainly on the pole, and Simo brought 42lb to the scales for a well earned third place.
Up on the top lake, things were a whole lot tougher, with hard work required to make a few bites.
The Awesome One known as Jamie Pickup found the task easier than most, and he too caught steadily all day. Feeding an amazing 4 pints of maggots, JBay had a mixed bag but bemoaned the fact that his fish were small. They ended up totalling 50lb 06oz. Super stuff from the Match Sec.
Next best was venue regular The Gnome. Despite telling everyone that pellet had not been working, it did on the day and Yozz won his section with 34lb 08oz.
Col Cook had the help of a decent carp weighing 7 or 8lb, which enhanced a nice bag of fish and gave him a 30lb 09oz total for his section win.
Gary Brislen kept up his recent run of good form and duly won a tough section with 19lb 12oz... nobody else weighed in the section.
The last section was won easily by the male model that is Paul Robb. His open-topped balaclava ensured his hair wasn't ruffled but his ears were kept warm, and fishing comfortably, he registered a solid 28lb 02oz for section victory.
Pato had an eventful day...... before the match started, a feeder cast to get the range saw him playing a barbel that had taken a liking to his hook with pellet band. It turned out to be the only fish in his swim for the first two hours. The next one to arrive was hooked, took him into the rushes, and when he finally retrieved his hook, it was attached to a ball of 20lb line with a pole rig, and 3 assorted feeders. Later in the match, he finally started getting bites on the pole. Such was his keenness to connect with these bites he was striking with such verve that the pole tip was 15 feet in the air every time he missed a bite. As one comedian remarked, he poked the man in the moon's eye out three times! (Dennis..you funny guy). He also received some coaching from Sumo, who had gone walkabout after struggling to catch. Conversation went something like........ Neil, let me tell you all the things I've made a balls of so you don't make the same mistakes. Seems there's a full moon every week in Sumo's world.
Well done to Dirk, and Jamie for their respective performances, and well done to the section winners.
Those drawn on the bottom certainly had good sport and enjoyed plenty of bites throughout the match. A head to head developed on adjacent pegs, and provided us with the first and third overall.
Following 5 or 6 appearances in the Wednesday 'dodger' matches, Dirk Wriggler put the knowledge gained in those 'practice' sessions to good use. Unconfirmed reports suggest a method feeder with maggot was the successful tactic, and Degsy ended up with an impressive total of 55lb 02oz.
That proved much too good for the gallant effort of Ian Simpson, who also employed maggot baits, but mainly on the pole, and Simo brought 42lb to the scales for a well earned third place.
Up on the top lake, things were a whole lot tougher, with hard work required to make a few bites.
The Awesome One known as Jamie Pickup found the task easier than most, and he too caught steadily all day. Feeding an amazing 4 pints of maggots, JBay had a mixed bag but bemoaned the fact that his fish were small. They ended up totalling 50lb 06oz. Super stuff from the Match Sec.
Next best was venue regular The Gnome. Despite telling everyone that pellet had not been working, it did on the day and Yozz won his section with 34lb 08oz.
Col Cook had the help of a decent carp weighing 7 or 8lb, which enhanced a nice bag of fish and gave him a 30lb 09oz total for his section win.
Gary Brislen kept up his recent run of good form and duly won a tough section with 19lb 12oz... nobody else weighed in the section.
The last section was won easily by the male model that is Paul Robb. His open-topped balaclava ensured his hair wasn't ruffled but his ears were kept warm, and fishing comfortably, he registered a solid 28lb 02oz for section victory.
Pato had an eventful day...... before the match started, a feeder cast to get the range saw him playing a barbel that had taken a liking to his hook with pellet band. It turned out to be the only fish in his swim for the first two hours. The next one to arrive was hooked, took him into the rushes, and when he finally retrieved his hook, it was attached to a ball of 20lb line with a pole rig, and 3 assorted feeders. Later in the match, he finally started getting bites on the pole. Such was his keenness to connect with these bites he was striking with such verve that the pole tip was 15 feet in the air every time he missed a bite. As one comedian remarked, he poked the man in the moon's eye out three times! (Dennis..you funny guy). He also received some coaching from Sumo, who had gone walkabout after struggling to catch. Conversation went something like........ Neil, let me tell you all the things I've made a balls of so you don't make the same mistakes. Seems there's a full moon every week in Sumo's world.
Well done to Dirk, and Jamie for their respective performances, and well done to the section winners.
Monday, 10 November 2014
LATHOMS No1, 9/11/14 ~ And a good day was had by all
Following a week containing the first frosts of the autumn, and a full moon too, it would have come as no surprise had Lathoms been a bit of a struggle. However, it fished right up to it's best as everyone managed 20lb, with 8 out of the 12 attending breaking through the 35lb barrier.
Excellent fishing for all and some classic head to heads to boot. In the 1st section, another example of the sportsmanship expected within the club.... Steve Cookie monster started well while on the next peg, Patty Paterson didn't. Knowing the fragile nature of the jolly one, Cookie had a quiet word, told him to chill and re-evaluate, and pretend it was a pleasure session. Taking the advice on board, Neil adopted tactics which had served him well during a two-week holiday, relaxed, and started to enjoy a pleasant day's sport. At the end, Cookie managed 38lb, while helping Pato to a brilliant, section winning 50lb 01oz. A big well done to both.
The other 3 section winners filled the podium places.
Yozzer kept it simple and fished maggot on the deck for an impressive 77lb 10oz.
Gary Brislen kept up good recent form, weighing 54lb 09oz, which secured victory in another hard fought head to head with Dennis Jones. Both men seemed to match each other fish for fish. One would catch a few shallow while the other one struggled, then they'd get a few deep and so the battle went on. Dennis eventually buckled and his 44lb wasn't quite enough, but a great effort by both.
In the final section, Sumo started like a house on fire, and once again another fishery record seemed to be under threat. Next door, Lee Pickup made sure John didn't get it all his own way, and they too had a ding dong shallow fishing contest. Just after the half way mark action started to slow. This coincided with Dave Lynch starting to get a few. He steadily began to claw his way back into contention, and rumours of illegal groundbaiting spread across the match length. Sumo's head went and Lee started to feel the pressure too. The truth is that Spadger decided he was going nowhere fast with the approach he had taken, so decided on a change. Loose micros were bringing fish up in the water causing too many problems .A liquid flavouring was added to the pellets, they became sticky, and small balls could be formed, which took the fish back onto the deck. Hey presto! bag-up time.
The scales revealed a surprise. Sumo, long time favourite , had 37lb 05oz, he was beaten by Lee, who weighed 46lb 12oz, but that late burst when the 'groundbait' took effect had edged Spadger into a section winning position with a superb 50lb 02oz. That man Percy Verance strikes again.
Excellent fishing for all and some classic head to heads to boot. In the 1st section, another example of the sportsmanship expected within the club.... Steve Cookie monster started well while on the next peg, Patty Paterson didn't. Knowing the fragile nature of the jolly one, Cookie had a quiet word, told him to chill and re-evaluate, and pretend it was a pleasure session. Taking the advice on board, Neil adopted tactics which had served him well during a two-week holiday, relaxed, and started to enjoy a pleasant day's sport. At the end, Cookie managed 38lb, while helping Pato to a brilliant, section winning 50lb 01oz. A big well done to both.
The other 3 section winners filled the podium places.
Yozzer kept it simple and fished maggot on the deck for an impressive 77lb 10oz.
Gary Brislen kept up good recent form, weighing 54lb 09oz, which secured victory in another hard fought head to head with Dennis Jones. Both men seemed to match each other fish for fish. One would catch a few shallow while the other one struggled, then they'd get a few deep and so the battle went on. Dennis eventually buckled and his 44lb wasn't quite enough, but a great effort by both.
In the final section, Sumo started like a house on fire, and once again another fishery record seemed to be under threat. Next door, Lee Pickup made sure John didn't get it all his own way, and they too had a ding dong shallow fishing contest. Just after the half way mark action started to slow. This coincided with Dave Lynch starting to get a few. He steadily began to claw his way back into contention, and rumours of illegal groundbaiting spread across the match length. Sumo's head went and Lee started to feel the pressure too. The truth is that Spadger decided he was going nowhere fast with the approach he had taken, so decided on a change. Loose micros were bringing fish up in the water causing too many problems .A liquid flavouring was added to the pellets, they became sticky, and small balls could be formed, which took the fish back onto the deck. Hey presto! bag-up time.
The scales revealed a surprise. Sumo, long time favourite , had 37lb 05oz, he was beaten by Lee, who weighed 46lb 12oz, but that late burst when the 'groundbait' took effect had edged Spadger into a section winning position with a superb 50lb 02oz. That man Percy Verance strikes again.
Sunday, 26 October 2014
26/10/14, LINGMERE ~Laughin' Boy Lords it at Lingmere
A typical day for Lingmere with a strong wind making things difficult. Those on the relatively calm pegs found that the fish weren't there in numbers, while those on fish struggled with presentation.
Gary Brislen managed to conjure up enough fish off a flat calm peg to put 32lb 08oz on the scales. F1s on pole-fished maggot giving Laughin Boy his first win of the current campaign. Well Done to Gary.
Venue experience again stood the Gnome in good stead as he weighed 30lb 06oz to take second spot. Maggot was again the successful bait, this time to tempt barbel as well as the customary F1s.
Another regular, in the shape of Piet Delmaine, completed the frame with a well earned net which went 25lb 12oz
A big pat on the back for Zimbo.
A section win went to the ever improving Paul Cargill, who tip-fished his way to 25lb 02oz. Excellent, considering the others in his section did not weigh .
Pato, with a very respectable 19lb 08oz, and the consistent Dirk Wriggler with 24lb 05oz, both won section money so well done to them too.
Gary Brislen managed to conjure up enough fish off a flat calm peg to put 32lb 08oz on the scales. F1s on pole-fished maggot giving Laughin Boy his first win of the current campaign. Well Done to Gary.
Venue experience again stood the Gnome in good stead as he weighed 30lb 06oz to take second spot. Maggot was again the successful bait, this time to tempt barbel as well as the customary F1s.
Another regular, in the shape of Piet Delmaine, completed the frame with a well earned net which went 25lb 12oz
A big pat on the back for Zimbo.
A section win went to the ever improving Paul Cargill, who tip-fished his way to 25lb 02oz. Excellent, considering the others in his section did not weigh .
Pato, with a very respectable 19lb 08oz, and the consistent Dirk Wriggler with 24lb 05oz, both won section money so well done to them too.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
INTER-CLUB CHARITY CHALLENGE.
The Annual charity challenge match will again be fished at Lingmere. The date is Sunday 2nd November. As Jamie is on holiday and I soon will be, Col Cook is collecting names. Anyone interested in fishing or getting involved in sponsorship, please contact Col A.S.A.P.
Sunday, 19 October 2014
LLOYDS MEADOW, Badger, 12/10/14 ~ Simo ..... only just though
Results only for Badger as I wasn't there.
1 IanSimpson 50lb 04oz
2 Gary Brislen 50lb 03oz
3 Kenny Pickup 49lb 07oz
Sections for
Dave Norman... 30lb 05oz
Lee Pickup........18lb 10oz
Dave Lynch.......17lb 12oz
Well Done to you all.
1 IanSimpson 50lb 04oz
2 Gary Brislen 50lb 03oz
3 Kenny Pickup 49lb 07oz
Sections for
Dave Norman... 30lb 05oz
Lee Pickup........18lb 10oz
Dave Lynch.......17lb 12oz
Well Done to you all.
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