trade match at avalon

every year a couple of the reps from the southwest organise a match for tackle dealers agents and anyone else associated with the trade. so today i took along the avon angling night watchman aka fabio(well i got to make sure i win at least one pound). breakfast was booked in the kings arms pub in catcott and it wasnt to bad a meal by pub standards, but i was still glad me and fabs stopped for a bacon buttie on the a38 in the lay bye that tim clark normally frequents. it was good to see people from as far afield as wales, devon , hants and oxford oh and of course bristol,
the draw was kind to me again for the second match running when i pulled peg 11, without a doubt one of the best and most consistent wag pegs on the venue, i had "but"from tredegar on 10 and nick from street on 12 with fabio on 13.
on the whistle i potted a quarter of a pot of 6,s at 14mtr and fired afew 8,s to the island, i got a bit of fizzing on the pole line , but apart feom 2 lost foulers it was a non starter, so after an hour it was onto the wag, but with no fish swirling or climbing the island it looked as if that was going to be bad as well. and i was right it took me an hour and 15 to get a bite , and an 8 pounder was in the net, i would like to say it was a bite a chuck to the end but no i couldnt get another bite, it was that bad i even went for a walk and sat behind chris derrick from fish and field who was getting a bite every put in fishing caster 2 foot deep, getting roach, rudd and skimmers with a bite every put in and he went on to win the silvers with 23.4 it was food for thought with the teams of 4 there sunday week.
the match was won by the joint fishery owner and top lead chucker vic bush with 76.10 on peg 30 fishing a pellet feeder with hair rigged pellet.
second was barry fitchew(black boris) with 56,7 on peg 6 on the conker. is it just me or does barry look like ian parsons long lost brother cos they got the same tan. i did ask them if iether of there dads had a push bike , barry said he wasnt sure but i cant print what ian said!!!!!!!
third was dave baker with 47.6 off the speci lake
and second in the silvers was the master snot basher himself , daniel ratcliffes body double, steve kedge with 21.10
and me oh yes it was the worst day i have ever had at the lake with just the one carp which went 7,14 to fabio,s which went 7.6 lol
and i nearly forgot to mention that as fabsy was sorting his kit out befor the start in the carpark , he was bent over with the usual mans cleavage showing, i just couldnt resist it and emptied the watery contents of my keepnet bag straight into it much to the amusment of ian parson and mat challenger(scotts new owner), and by the time i stopped laughing my pants were nearly as wet as his