last float only

all i had to do was win my section , or rely on tony page not to win his . and when i drew 124 and he had 134 i thought job done, oops wrong. i did say that i thought 134 was probably one of the worse pegs on the lake and wasted no time in telling him that and if he did win his section he deserved to win the series.
i decided to set up a 4x14 rig at 5mtr for soft pellet and a 4x12 rig for hard pellet on the deck at 14 mtr (wind allowing) and a shallow rig . cupping in a few 6,s at 5 mtr,s and half a pot at 14 mtr,s, starting at 5 mtr , i had a couple of 2lb bream and i carp in the first half hour ,then even though that line was still fizzing i decided to give the 14 mtr line a go mainly due to the fact alan oram on 125 had caught one and was missing a few bites, by now the wind had increased and it was nigh on impossible to hold the rig still which is important when trying to catch on hard pellet, as your rig gets blown along and you end up foulhooking things which is what happened, both alan and me were suffering. even on the paste alan was getting foulhookers and missed bites. alan does catch some funny things ,today he had a carp with a paste rig complete with plummet wrapped around it he has had a carp at stafford with a catapult wrapped around its head and he has 2 fish a tonce at bitterwell when the fish he was playing snagged a feeder hanging from another fish and he landed both. still it sometimes pays to be lucky rather than good sometimes(sorry al).back to the match and things werent going to plan as i could see anton catching on that crap peg(134), and in my section leighton palmer on 121 catcthing well and sean townsend on 119 catching a few carp plus silvers. i think there must have been quite a few fish on our side of the lake or at least glen bailey must have thought so cos his waggler was closer to us than it was to himself.
with about 2 hours to go paul greenwood wandered round and told me that he thought anton was probably 2nd in his section to gary etheridge so if it stayed that way i would win the series on weight, with the wind being so strong , shallow fishing was a virtual none starter and with only 1 fish and some small fish bites , so it proved.
i did have some more bream at 5 mtr,s and 3 carp and 11 more carp plus a couple flying skimmers at 14 mtr,s by the end but i new i was looking at possibly 2nd or third in section which providing anton was at best 2 nd in section it wouldnt matter.
i had to start the weigh in on our lake while paul was doing lodge and would get round to finish our lake asap.
fairplay to anton he had 130.9 for a section win, it was a brilliant weight off a bad peg as i cant remember the last decent weight to come off the peg (well done matey)and with me only coming 3rd in section the series was his as for the results they are as follows
on the day
dick bull 160.1 on peg 115 deep and shallow at 14 mtrs
ryan jordan 147.13 peg 116 same as above
anton page 130.9 peg 134(now its a flyer)on paste and catmeat
gary wall 130.7 peg 53 paste
neil mercer 119.8 peg 64 pellet 16 mtr
gary etheridge 115.8 peg 129 deep wag and pellet
silvers
jerry pocock 34.9 peg 103 skimmers at 13 mtr
fred roberts 33.13 peg 132
tony rixon 28.8 peg 124
steve evans 18.4
overall league
tony page 34 points £450
tony rixon 33 points £350
craig(trig)edmunds 32 points £250
gary etheridge 31 points £150 (356.5)
leon hubbard 31 points £75 (332.15)
alan oram 31 points £50 (254.6)
biggest weight in series dick bull 160.1 (£50)
biggest silver weight andy lloyd 46lb (£50)
biggest fish brian shanks 21 lb (£50)
mystery weight 56lb winner brian shanks 57lb (£50)
cant end without mentioning tim clark who again fell in this time he only broke three topsets but as he went in he caught his chin on the platform post hurting his neck and putting his tooth through his lip, all very painfull poor bugger and i beat him by 8 lb so the three quid was mine(i didnt feel that sorry that i wasnt going to take it now was i). any one interested in fishing next year give me a ring at the shop (book early to avoid dissapointment)
and a big thanks to steve evans who helps with the running of the league , actually he does all the writing , for obvious reasons.