i know i said i was going to viaduct but i had some phone calls on monday from people wanting to go to avalon, so with 15 booked in avalon it is. with the end of hurricane bill due giving us strong southerly winds it was decided we should fish the right hand bank. i fancied peg 24 so when gary wall drew my peg out , i had a quick look and saw a 2 and a 4 but it was the wrong way round bugger and to make it worse gary drew 24 for himself. i thought i might try and catch some silvers today so i put some groundbait at 11 o,clock at 13 mtr,s with micro,s and a bit of corn in(2 balls) and half a pot of 6,s at 14 mtrs at 2 o clock and fired some 8,s to the island for the wag.
starting over the g bait with maggot the float never even settled and 1 oz rudd was in the net. enough of that so on with apiece of corn, next bite saw loads of elastic out and 10 mins later 9 pound of common was safely in the net. after that i had 4 skimmers before that dried up. on to the wag and a couple of quick carp then the ducks arrived , they were worse than normal biting the top of the wag eating as many pellets as they could, they even got excited when i picked the catty up. leigh told me after that i could have borrowed john,s gun and shot a couple(next time), on the pole i should have fished paste , but i was to lazy to go back to the van and get it.i lost a few foulhookers on the pole and caught 2 i think i would of had some on the paste as both mike west and leon hubbard both started to catch towards the end and that bigger target probably resulted in fewer foulers. i ended up with 10 carp 7 of which fell to the wag. i also lost 7 on the wag , probably due to ( i aint really got a clue) the wind pushing the rig thru and the fish not taking it properly gary wall won off of my peg(24) paste at 13 mtr.
leon hubbard had 75.11 on the wag and on paste on peg 39
i was third with 55.4 peg 42
mike west was last in the monef with 50.7 peg 40
fifth phil harding 48.4 peg 28
sixth steve tanner 42,8 peg 44
silvers were won by joe thompson 4.12 on peg 32
its the last of the float only matches on sunday and it promises to be a close finish for all the money placings . i did have a strange conversation on the phone today with someone who had missed a match and didnt see why he should pay for the last match even going so far as to suggest i was ripping people off . all i can say is that i have no problem showing and explaining to anyone where all the money goes , i sometimes wonder if i need hassle like this as i find it quite upsetting to think that poeple might think that i am having them over cos i like to think i am a fair minded person and have no secrets as far as payouts go i try and keep the payouts the same all through the series and to make sure the end payouts are as i said at the start.
just back to avalon , as we know it has been a very strange colour for a few weeks now and the fish didnt seem to like it so the management have installed a large pump to circulate water between the match and conservation lake, which is like tap water and it seems to be working as they have started fizzing again and climding the islands, and the skimmer seem to like it as there are now 4 to a shoal
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i think you should pay for all matches with how much money you win off me
ReplyDeleteThere are some proper plonkers out there! The way I have always viewed it is, I know the majority of anglers appreciate your efforts (but probably not the humour ;¬) )
ReplyDeleteHopefully it wont be too long before I'm back fishing regualr, which will give you more fuel for abuse.
Someone asked me the other day why I refer to Tony “Rip Off” Rixon as Rip Off. Well back in the good old days when matches were at least 100 pegs (even on Wednesday’s) and you needed to book in a week in advance. A guy called Johnny Toulson ran big matches on the Trent. So that he was sure of cover his costs he charged a £1 “Contingency” – a bit like John Bennet use to do running his Carps AC matches. Well this used to wind up Frank Barlow such that he nicked named Johnny “Rip Off”. Well as we know Tony has always had an issue with the John Bennett’s £1 match contingency and often voiced his opinion in the matter. So I couldn’t call Tony “Frank” Rixon could I, as is doesn’t have the same ring as “Rip Off” Rixon. Frank and Johnny were good mates and were always together at the bar of the Nelson’s pub after the matches.
ReplyDeleteI have known and fished with Rip Off for over thirty years, travelling to nationals together once sleeping together (with my socks in my ears). I can say the only person he Rips off is himself – a very generous and genuine person (I have to stop here as I am starting to feel sick).
Deano, I hope you’re on the case - find out who has upset Rip Off!!
It’s good to hear that the Silvers at Avalon are shoaling up.
You feel the same about paste as I do about hard pellet on the deck - best left in the car!
The problem is there are loads of people willing to participate in angling activities when it suits them but not willing to take the time out to help/organise and take the hassle when things are not going there way....
ReplyDeleteWell done to Tony for years of organising events throughout the seasons.
Not many people would take there own time out to organise event for free......
Mr Anonymous...
PS He does all that without any spelling or grammer mistakes..