an acorn ammering

thatchers very own rent boy drew for me. and handed me peg 14. certainly not a bad peg as pete sivell had won off it a few weeks ago so i wasnt unhappy, the only dampener was the gale blowing right to left which was going to make it more than a bit difficult (but only for me as it turned out), for company i had pete on 12 and dean on 14 so i was in a dynamite sandwich. 2 rigs today both 4x12 with a 16 middy 6313 to .12, one for down the middle and the other for over as it was slightly shallower at 2 foot 6 whereas it was 3 foot down the middle.
at the start i cupped in some 3mm and maggots at 5 and 10 mtrs and some right over at 13 mtrs against the dougal grass.
starting at 5 mtrs i had a bite first drop and lost a carp, i seem to do this a lot , then i had a small one of about a pound 10 mins later, then i started to get some perch, not the big ones but nice fish of between 6 and 12 oz, at least the float was going under, after the first hour it was close between me and dean but pete had taken 3 better fish on paste down the middle and at least one was in the mouth, by the end of the 3rd hour dean was forging ahead catching at 13 and 16 mtrs right over on maggot, pete was now going tight to the far bank, and by wedging his pole tip into the bank he was managing to get some sort of presentation and was now getting regular bites, also ed wynne on 16 was catching well, mostly silvers but he did get 5 carp towards the end, most of his fish coming at 6 mtrs on caster. about 45 mins from the end the sky went black and we had to endure 15 minutes of snow hail and frozen rain, and by now i had lost a bit of interest as i was so far behind, so i put the pole down turned my back to the storm and sat it out, i did get a couple more before the end but the would have had to have been 15 pounds each to make any difference. so today will be chalked down to experience .
1st dean malin 47 lb peg 15 (to my left)
2nd pete sivell 45.1 peg 12 (to my right)
3rd ed wynne 41.10 peg 16 (2 to my left)his catch included top silvers weight of 23.4 mainly perch with a couple of tench thrown in for good measure
4th pete notton 28.14 peg 10 (2 to my right)
5th chris fox 26.10 peg 4
6th martin lenaghan 22.11 peg 3
oh yes and what did i get. 19.2 for absolutley nowhere, i would like to say there were no fish in my peg but i think i have been watching shrimphead to closely, i think there were just as many in my peg as the swims iether side but i just had a day avoiding them, oh well off to viaduct friday for a pole only with 50 plus booked in and landsend sunday, dont think i can go on monday, judith seems to be putting her foot down and i may have to scrape some wallpaper boo hoo