LLoyds Badger 26/6/16

Gents

I wasn't at this one so results only I'm afraid.

1st Jamie 85.15
2nd Stevie Coleman 52.05
3rd  C Van Dim 46.08

Section winners

A  Davie H  23.04
B  Lee   34.12
C  Patto  45.07
D  Jamie
E  C V Dim

Cheers  Cookie

HALL LANE BESS'S 3/7/16

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                                                  THE FUTURE IS ORANGE

Hall Lane is one of the best kept fisheries on our match diary and it was a pleasure to be there on Sunday .Only 11 of us managed the trip but all apart from Jaybay managed to stick it out and catch a few.

There was plenty of room for all of us and when arrived at their chosen pegs some could be seen and heard drooling over the prospect of fishing.

In three sections we started the match with a slight cold breeze but after an hour the sun appeared and it turned out to be a lovely day for fishing.

Lee a.k.a Mr Frenzee drew a good looking peg and sporting more Orange gear than the Netherlands Football Supporters Club Shop opted to fish across to the island on banded pellet to put together a match winning catch of 55.02lb .

After a spell in Detox at the Betty Ford clinic Tony Wilson was in hot pursuit but fell at the last with a superb  53.11lb in the net to come second and win his section.

R Swipe in the same section adopted a long and short approach and finally settled for the Gnome method and come third with 43.04, supplying the Cookie  Monster with free coffee may have slowed him up but after losing a whole rig he needed to calm down and have a rest for 5 minute.Hopefully he has got over the loss of this 25 year old rig.

Finally Stevie Coleman ( with a new seatbox  )showed he till has it and was the winner of the final section , 26.09 lb in a section of four was enough to fend off  Dennis , Claude Van Dim and our new member Bobby

Over 300lb of fish came out including a couple of eels !!!

This time Nicky , Davie H and I stopped at the Toby Carvery in Ormskirk. Only 6.5 miles from

Hall Lane and Lathoms and £4.25 for an all you can eat breakfast. Hope to see more of us there next time

Thanks to the peggers and weigher inners and also to Nicky .

After me reminding him that I was going to follow him on the way home he immediately pulled out of the fishery and pissed off a fast as he could leaving me in his wake , hence Nasty Nick.

See you at Lingmere

Cheers Cookie

Lathoms 29th May 2016

                                                           AND THE WINNER IS

The day started for some with a superb breakfast at the Toby Carvery Ormskirk , for those without the ability to use a knife and fork it was Mcdonalds.

The lake was alive with fish but they had other thing on their mind rather than feeding.
Most people struggled to start with but by the end everybody managed to catch a few.
The Cookie monster sporting a new haircut after his switch from the Jackson 5 to Bronski Beat was bite-less after 2 hours on peg 1. However not one to waste a flyer he managed to claw himself
back into the running and managed to finish last in the section.
In the same section was Dennis who managed to master the situation and finished with a section win and his 56-1 lb haul and overall 1st place.
Expert bluffing from DJ on what he had gave a  glimmer of hope to Lee and Davy Harrop
however it was only a glimmer and both were beaten soundly.
Dave though dissapointed in not getting the section win had the satisfaction of his 41lb giving him 3rd overall on the day.
Tony Wilson suffering the effects of a bucket full of ale could not be denied netting 37-9 lb for another section win , loose fed Alka Seltzer and Resolve seemed to do the trick.
A first visit to the venue did not deter Colin "the machine " Cook who enticed 38-13 lb of Lathoms finest into the net for his section win.
In what was described by Patto as the section of doom Maver Chris tickled out enough  to leave last weeks runaway winner in his wake, 33-6 lb was enough to leave the hand of the Jolly giant empty.
Finally Dirk fresh from his handbags at 5 paces spat had a mixed bag of Ide , Chub , F1's and Carp in the onion bag for 44-4 lb and second overall.

In summary good weather , good sport and good banter and not a ball of crushed pellet in sight.

Thanks go to me and Davy H who did the weigh in as usual and Sumo for pegging it so everybody on the left bank had at least 3 pleasure anglers to hit when shipping back

Cheers

Cookie

Update

Hello men
Our Gary has managed to get me access to the blog
I will update it for the past few weeks when I get the chance and am happy to carry it on in place of Yozzer
Hopefully it will be as entertaining without upsetting too many

Hang on , bollocks to that your all going to get it !!!!!

Cheers

Cookie

test run cookies first post

hi lads hoping this works

LINGMERE, 10/4/16 ~ Dirk Dastardly spoils Dave's party....

Similar to last week at Lathoms, an overnight frost followed by clear sunny skies threatened to put a dampener on sport. No such thing!
Fish were caught throughout the day all round the lake.
Not many people fancy the 'bus stop' peg as your performance is normally analysed by all and sundry from behind the chain. Dave Harrop put on an awesome display and sadly, in some ways, hardly anyone saw it! He seemed to be permanently showing off his elastic, and neighbouring members were wondering if a ton was on the cards. Alas, he fell short, but a brilliant 76lb 12oz set the bar at a decent height.
 When Derek Warren drew peg 18, nobody would have rushed to have a bet on him being the winner. However, he called on all his venue experience and not inconsiderable skills to fish a monster of a match. Dirk Dastardly had rained on Dave's parade, and put an excellent 83lb 06oz in the onion bag.
Lee Pickup caught mainly ide, but had millions of them. A total of 55lb 14oz just pushed Dennis off the podium (wow! that must have hurt). Ginge finished with a more conventional net of f1s n skimmers for 55lb 03oz. Well done Lee, tough on Den.
Another very close 50p battle between Yozz and Buck saw a reversal of last week's fortunes. John won the 50p with 46lb 02oz, while The Gnome's 45lb 14oz was enough for section glory (and cash).
That rare creature known as Norman Smith showed up out of the blue. Maybe being totally out of tune is a blessing. He ended up on PASTE on peg 15, and comfortably won the section with 39lb 14oz. Very impressive.
Dave Edwards proved that he doesn't need a flier to perform, his 25lb 08oz earning section glory. Nice one Loverboy XXX

LATHOMS No1, 3/4/16 ~ Red Dwarf is star of the show

After a very cool night, and then bright sunny skies with little breeze, it was likely that Lathoms would be slow to get going.
It proved to be just that, although Sumo went off at a rate of knots. Then again, we've seen that one before.
After a very quiet couple of hours (literally), floats started to go under, fish were getting caught and the banter warmed up nicely, apart from the far end, which normally produces a weight or two. The action remained slow, and banter even slower.
Every time someone put a little run of fish together, comments would be made that bagging was going on. That proved enough to kill sport on most occasions, Then again, The Red Dwarf, Dennis Jones, had sufficient spells of catching a few that  he put together a tidy net of fish. He was owning up to 50lb.
Opposite was Jamie Pickup. After a futile first hour on the deck, Jambo went shallow but his fish were "only small". First to go to the scales, Jamie set the standard with an excellent 61lb 06oz.
A couple of pegs up, and The Gnome sat side by side with Johnny Buck Rogers. They had decided upon a 50p head to head. Banter went to and fro for the entire duration, as did the lead. "You've got more than me...", "No, you're well in front..." The scales told the truth. Yozzer had 55lb 14oz, and won the 50p, but Buck's 55lb 07oz was enough for a section win and substantially more cash!!
John Edwards started well and finished well, but somehow managed 'only' 43lb 10oz for a section win. Good effort though Sumo.
The Harrops went home happy. Both won section money, with Dave scoring a level 25lb and dad Nick 24lb. Well done to both.
The scales finally arrived at Dennis. They went round to 70lb 03oz, and put him on top of the pile. A great display from the star of the show. Like a few others though, he can't lie straight in bed.